Look and Listen

Biography

Award-winning author Gerald Gillis is a native of Atlanta, Georgia, and holds degrees from the University of Georgia and the University of Tampa. After college, he served three years as an artillery officer in the U.S. Marine Corps. Gerald had a successful business career in the medical-devices industry before becoming a full-time novelist. He and his wife are the parents of three grown children, and continue to reside in the Atlanta area. Gerald is an avid Atlanta Braves and Georgia Bulldogs fan. Shall Never See So Much is Gerald’s second novel.

Inspiration

The masters - Tolstoy, Hemingway, Steinbeck, Faulkner, Proust; Herman Wouk - The Winds of War; Bruce Catton - A Stillness at Appomattox; Williamn F. Buckley, Jr. - anything/everything; Lewis Grizzard - humor; Pat Conroy, Lee Child, James Patterson; Mrs. Margaret Davis - an incredible high-school English teacher who inspired, encouraged, and lit the fire