Gerit Quealy

Writer/editor/speaker/spy Gerit Quealy is the author/editor of Botanical Shakespeare from HarperDesign /HarperCollins, 2017. As a journalist, she's covered everything from lipstick to Shakespeare, pieces ranging from dollhouses to birdhouses; beauty, brownies, and brides, in outlets such as the New York Times, Country Living, Woman's Day, Modern Bride, etc. She’s had her hand in a number of other books, which pulled in former stints as an actor (Ryan's Hope, &c.), but her overriding passion is for history (& paleography!), embracing the Renaissance tenet of 'Learning through Delight' & to that end is currently at work on a TV docu-series called FLOTUS: Playing the Woman Card in the White House. Her secret wish: To appropriate anyone else's spare time in the form of rollover minutes (frequent flyer miles will do, too). www.botanicalshakespeare.com