Born in New York, and after having raised her family there, Gail Rae-Garwood changed her life by moving to a totally new environment in 2002. It was a good move.Ms. Rae-Garwood's writing started out as a means to an end for a single parent with two children and a need for more income than her career as a NYC teacher afforded. Although the children are now grown women with lives of their own, she continues to write from a different kind of necessity: she can't stop. While most of her work is non-fiction (how to, study guides, literary guides and medical narrative), she is rewriting her first novel - again. Gail retired from both college teaching and acting - after a bit of soul searching about where her energy would be best spent - early in 2013."What Is It And How Did I Get It? Early Stage Chronic Kidney Disease" is her third most important book and one she'd like to see in the hands of every newly diagnosed CKD patient, their families, friends, and members of the medical profession. Her most important books are "The Book of Blogs: Moderate Stage Chronic Kidney Disease, Part 1" and "The Book of Blogs: Moderate Stage Chronic Kidney Disease, Part 2" since these contain the updates people with CKD need to know about in order to live well. She's participated in book signings, book talks, guest blogs, TwitterChats, kidney symposiums and radio shows all to one end: getting these books where they belong - in the hands of the people concerned with this disease. To that same end, she writes a weekly blog at http://gailrae.wordpress.com and maintains a Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/WhatHowearlyCKD. You can also find her on Twitter at https://twitter.com/WhatHowEarlyCKD and on various Facebook CKD support groups. As of April 6, 2013, the writer formerly known as Gail Rae became Gail Rae-Garwood. That was the day she married her long time love, Bear. Life was good; it became even better.