Gail Spilsbury

Gail Spilsbury has edited books for the Smithsonian Institution, the National Gallery of Art, National Geographic, Rizzoli Publications, the Whitney Museum, and the Peabody Essex Museum. She has helped numerous authors develop their books for publication. She is the author of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and screenplays.

Gail Spilsbury’s titles

You won’t find it easy to resist Tiger’s droll voice as he tells the story of his early childhood adventures in Rome, Italy, with his American-Costa Rican family.

“Cat lovers will delight in meandering through Tiger’s “autobiography” as he recounts the adventures of his youth as the mischievous, much-indulged, and much-adored pet of a multigenerational and multicultural family residing in Rome.” —Amazon Customer

Why is everyone listening to Red Line? Because Pia’s story keeps them wondering what will happen next. Join our young heroine on her unpredictable encounters in a new city (Boston), a new job (a New England prep school), and a new, bad-choice boyfriend!

Sid lives in Rome, Italy, and has so many passions. One day he receives a book that intrigues him so much that he can work on nothing else. Then something happens that prevents him from concluding his adventure with the book—that is, until Christmas comes around and a near miracle happens.

“I read this book during a recent first trip to Boston. It was such a captivating guide through the city’s lovely parks and historic sights that I was completely smitten with Boston as well as the story. The novel is a complicated love story very deftly navigated by the author. Set in the publishing world, it’s a fascinating picture of that fast-paced world and its brainy people. Ardent readers will enjoy the many references and allusions to great novels and films.” —Amazon Customer

Four seasonal tales set in the olive hills outside Rome—Sabina Quartet currently in Italian translation only, needs an English edition for Italiophiles!

“Sabina Quartet, its exotic pulse, its quixotic characters, its vividness of place born of an elegant prose and sense of connection, its slow, sensuous seduction—all of this and more brings to the reader an intimacy of irresistible charm and insight.”—Phil Trupp, author of Ruthless, Sea of Dreamers, and Ancient Wisdom

Washington, DC, lovers and history buffs, this is the book for you, rediscovering the lost history of the Capital City’s cultural landscapes. It includes beautiful drawings by a famous Brooklyn gynecologist named Robert L. Dickinson, who also helped Margaret Sanger launch Planned Parenthood.

A timeless treasure—both the park and this homage to it.

“This testament to the rustic splendors of Rock Creek Park―its woodlands and trails, meadows and streams―serves as an eloquent tribute to the great urban wilderness that lies at the heart of the nation’s capital.”—Smithsonian Magazine

“This is a beautifully made book, a collector’s item.”—Carol Niedzialek, Potomac Appalachian Club

“How a slice of the wild came to be saved in the middle of Northwest Washington, D.C. is a complex subject, but Spilsbury explains it succinctly in her illustrated book.”—Dennis Drabelle, Washington Post Book World

“A ‘pleasurable glimpse’ into the complex planning history of Washington DC, underpinning the development of Rock Creek Park.—William B. Bushong CRM: Journal of Heritage Stewardship