About

Gail Marlene Schwartz is a queer mom, a dual citizen, and pickleball champion of her household.

She works as a freelance editor and is co-publisher of the new imprint, Skating Squirrel Press. She is also a Founding Editor of Hotch Potch Literature and Art, an international digital magazine collective dedicated to collaboration and artistic dialogue. Most recently, Gail and author Felicia Strangeways started Story Club, a monthly discussion group examining award-winning short fiction. She’s currently working on a series of virtual writing workshops and a graphic novel with her partner, visual artist Erin Needham.

When she’s not writing and editing, you might find Gail holding a quippy sign at a pro-democracy protest, interviewing up-and-coming writers and artists on her Substack, or weaving a tapestry at a local crafting circle.

  • Schwartz writes in muscular prose when documenting the highs and lows of dating and pregnancy… A sometimes-heartbreaking novel about what it means to be a daughter and a mother.

    Kirkus Reviews

  • Author Gail Marlene Schwartz paints a picture of complex human relationships, of family found, formed, and chosen, and of the ways that people find strength and meaning in their lives, despite [their] unexpected turns.

     The Mombian Database of LGBTQ Family Books