Gail McCormick is a Seattle author and psychotherapist with Midwest roots. Her work is shaped by her belief in the power of story to heal the past, empower the present, and shape the future. Her memoir, Zoya’s Gift: Building a Bridge to a Global Family, was selected as a Pacific Northwest Writers nonfiction/memoir competition Finalist. Excerpts have received multiple awards from the National League of American Pen Women’s Soul-Making Keats Literary Competition and have appeared in The Timberline Review and Santa Fe Literary Review. Her first book, Living With Multiple Chemical Sensitivity, features a collection of narratives on how people with this environmental illness cope with life in a world laced with toxins.

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Gail’s background includes newspaper reporting, conducting hundreds of life story interviews, and writing biographical legacies giving voice to the meaning and richness of her clients’ experiences and relationships. In her work as a counselor in San Francisco, Chicago, and Seattle, she has had the privilege of working with children and adults from diverse cultures to find their voices and create lives of connection and meaning. She volunteers her services to community organizations serving immigrants and others affected by dislocation and trauma. She holds an M.S. in Community Counseling and a B.S. in Journalism.

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Gail thrives on cross-cultural experiences, travel, and immersions in nature. A proud honorary mother and babushka, she lives with her husband in Seattle.