Gale Leach

When Gale Leach moved to Arizona in 2004, she fell in love with pickleball. She searched for a book that would help her become a better player but couldn't find one. Gale began talking with winning players and taking notes, and she realized her technical writing training would still be useful after retirement. Her first book, The Art of Pickleball, was published in late 2005, and it won the Arizona Book Award in 2007. This success led Gale to try fiction, a lifelong dream. In 2010 she finished her first novel, Bruce and the Road to Courage, a heroic fantasy for children. She followed that with three more books in the "Bruce and Friends" series, all of which captured multiple awards. Gale is currently working on a fifth Bruce book and the second novel in her new YA Rift Chronicles series, which began with Book One: The Disappearance. Sidelined from pickleball due to medical issues, writing fiction is now Gale's passion, along with singing and playing Celtic music, but pickleball still lives in her heart. She lives in Arizona with her husband, one dog, and a cat. Visit Gale's website -- www.galeleach.com -- to learn more and to subscribe to her pickleball tips blog. You may also find her on Facebook and Twitter.