Gail Shee­hy is the author of six­teen books, includ­ing the New York Times best­seller Pas­sages, named by the Library of Con­gress one of the ten most influ­en­tial books of our time. Shee­hy was one of the orig­i­nal con­trib­u­tors to New York mag­a­zine and is a sev­en-time recip­i­ent of the New York News­wom­en’s Club Front Page Award for dis­tin­guished journalism.