G. A. "Jerry" Teske has been a District Media Specialist for nineteen
years. He grew up in North Florida, and currently lives on Dunn's Creek
in southern Putnam County with his wife, Cindy. They have been married
for 33 years and have two grown children, Natalie, a media specialist
in Orlando and Laura, who lives in Lima, Ohio with her husband, Brad.
Jerry graduated with a master's degree in Educational Media from the
University of Florida in 1980. He has worked in Pasco County for the
past twenty-seven years. Jerry's hobbies include golf, reading, and
attending University of Florida football games. The Gnome in the
Tapestry is his first published work and first in a series of four
other books.