Gayle Hayes
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Gayle (Evankovich) Hayes was bitten by the writing bug while a student at Sacred Heart Grade School when she won an award from the American Legion for her essay on the American Flag. Gayle went on to major in English and graduate from Montana State University at Bozeman. Her flirtation with words developed into a deep love of the language and...
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Gayle (Evankovich) Hayes was bitten by the writing bug while a student at Sacred Heart Grade School when she won an award from the American Legion for her essay on the American Flag. Gayle went on to major in English and graduate from Montana State University at Bozeman. Her flirtation with words developed into a deep love of the language and its possibilities while at the university. She published one poem, Pyrogenic Meditation. Several years later, she wrote a humorous column, A Piece of My Mind, for the Montana Standard, her hometown newspaper. Then Gayle took a shot at screenwriting. She enrolled at the University of Montana College of Technology in Missoula, Montana at age 54 to become a paralegal. Along with legal and computer classes, she took the required English courses. She discovered the creative embers were still alive when she wrote essays for Comp 101. Gayle graduated with high honors and went to work for the Missoula County Attorney in the Criminal Division. When she retired in 2009, she was putting the finishing touches on a new home in the Bitterroot Valley south of Missoula. Although it had again been several years since she wrote creatively, Gayle was inspired to write about the small delights she observed while at the creek on the property. Then one day, she realized she had waited long enough for an idea worthy of a novel. Gayle sat at the computer determined to write something or give up on the Dream once and for all. She was prepared to write nothing. Instead, the characters came to life and would not let her rest until she told their story.
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