Gail Kuhnlein

Gail Kuhnlein is excited to announce the publication of her second picture book, Into the Thicket. The story was inspired by a real-life adventure when her young son found an injured baby rabbit.

In late 2022, Gail published her first children's picture book, How Happy Is a Lark? This was the fulfillment of a long-awaited dream come true. She's loved writing stories since she was young. Gail majored in journalism and public relations at Michigan State University. She worked in the field for over 30 years, most recently at the University of Michigan's Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Serendipity played a role as people she met throughout her career at UM, were instrumental in publishing her picture books.

Gail volunteers at the UM Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) where she especially loves time she spends comforting and holding babies. Her younger son spent his first month in a NICU and she long thought she'd like to volunteer in a NICU. Gail experienced life-threatening complications following open heart valve surgery in 2022. She was in an induced coma for nearly three weeks and had to regain strength and learn to walk again. She considers that she is living on "bonus time" and is appreciating life even more as a result.

She's savoring life with her husband, Tim, just outside Ann Arbor, Michigan. Gail loves walking outdoors, practicing yoga, reading, meditating, traveling, and listening to music. They adore their two adult sons, Davey and Trevor. They have the two sweetest cats in the galaxy, Dexter and Libby.