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Gail Ward Olmsted

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in Waterbury, CT, The United States

October 08

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Contemporary, Historical Fiction, Fiction

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Gail Ward Olmsted was a marketing executive and a college professor before she began writing fiction on a fulltime basis. A trip to Sedona, AZ inspired her first novel Jeep Tour. Three more novels followed before she began Landscape of a Marriage, a biographical work of fiction featuring landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, a distant cousin of her husband’s, and his wife Mary.

Her latest is a pair of contemporary novels featuring a disgraced attorney seeking a career comeback: Miranda Writes (9/8/22) and Miranda Nights (7/6/23)

For more information, please visit her on Facebook and at gailwardolmsted.com

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Average rating: 4.26 · 4,012 ratings · 719 reviews · 10 distinct works • Similar authors

	Landscape of a Marriage: Central Park Was Only the Beginning 4.21 avg rating — 1,910 ratings — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Katharine's Remarkable Road Trip 4.30 avg rating — 1,279 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Miranda Writes 4.30 avg rating — 275 ratings — published 2022 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Guessing at Normal: A Rockstar Romance 4.18 avg rating — 118 ratings — published 2015 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jeep Tour 3.98 avg rating — 106 ratings — published 2014 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Class Action: What You Don’t Know CAN Hurt You 4.49 avg rating — 86 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Miranda Nights 4.50 avg rating — 82 ratings — published 2018 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Driving on the Left 4.28 avg rating — 61 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Miranda Fights 4.75 avg rating — 55 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Second Guessing 4.33 avg rating — 40 ratings — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Then & Now

By way of introduction, I am a writer of contemporary fiction with a new book in the historical genre. In thinking about how I made the ‘switch’, I would like to share a few thoughts with you.

First and foremost- in my experience, writing a novel set 150 years ago is not all that different from writing one based in modern times. In my first four contemporary novels, my main characters were women o Read more of this blog post »

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Gail Olmsted rated a book it was amazing Braving the Dawn: A Novel of New France by Peggy Joque Williams (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Written as a standalone as well as a worthy sequel to Courting the Sun, Braving the Dawn is a rich and sweeping saga set on this side of the Atlantic- Quebec! After leaving the King's court in Versailles under less than ideal circumstances, Sylvienne ...more
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Dream a Little Dream is a delightful, funny, sometimes painful, telling of one woman's journey towards independence and self-knowledge. Katy Kiss is a memorable character first introduced in G.A. Anderson's South of Happily. You'll cheer Katy on as s ...more
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The Last Gypsy Queen by new-to-me author Linda Paul is a must read. It's a sweeping historical novel about a young Romani woman who battles discrimination and works toward escaping the oppression inherent to her culture. She dreams of becoming a doct ...more
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Gail Olmsted rated a book it was amazing Under Two Flags: A Novel of World War I by Janis Robinson Daly (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Under Two Flags: A Novel of World War I by Janis Robinson Daly is based on the memoir of Josephine Therese Marzynski, a young woman who dreams of a career as an opera singer. Her passion for music leads her from her home in Boston to a prestigious mu ...more
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Gail Olmsted rated a book it was amazing Abandoning the Script by Linda Rosen (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Abandoning the Script by Linda Rosen is a timeless story of the power of personal choices and the consequences of following your heart wherever it leads you.The main character, Lucy Brandt, is an aspiring actress but her career goals are in direct co ...more
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Gail Olmsted liked Tamarah S.'s review of Katharine's Remarkable Road Trip: "a charming book about getting older, independence, and saying goodbye on your own terms."
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“me this advice, and I never forgot it. “You must work past the horror of all that we see and hear day after day, but you must never become immune to it either. It is what will inspire you to give your very best to these brave men every day of your service.”
― Gail Ward Olmsted, Katharine's Remarkable Road Trip

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“are not meant to be alone in our grief. Sharing our feelings about the loss of those we love keeps them alive, if only in our hearts.”
― Gail Ward Olmsted, Landscape of a Marriage: Central Park Was Only the Beginning

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“Is that what marriage was all about? Periods of happiness and contentment between the drips of illness and disagreements? If so, they should give new brides umbrellas as wedding gifts. Something to ward off”
― Gail Ward Olmsted, Landscape of a Marriage: Central Park Was Only the Beginning

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“By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.”
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“Because the greatest part of a road trip isn’t arriving at your destination. It’s all the wild stuff that happens along the way.”
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