Gail Sheehy

Journalist and writer on popular psychology, born in Mamaroneck, New York, USA. She attended the University of Vermont (1958 BS), and worked as a feature writer on the New York Herald Tribune (1963–6) and as an editor on New York magazine (1966–77). She wrote a number of best-sellers, including Passages: Predictable Crises of Adult Life (1976), Pathfinders (1981), and The Silent Passage (1992), which excelled in translating the findings and theories of academics and professionals into language and concepts that were meaningful to a broad public.

November 27, 1937) is an American writer and lecturer, most notable for her books on life and the life cycle.

Her second book, Passages, has been called "a road map of adult life". Several of her books continue the theme of passages through life's stages, including menopause and what she calls "Second Adulthood", including Pathfinders, Spirit of Survival, and Menopause: The Silent Passage.

Gail attended the University of Vermont where she was a member of Alpha Chi Omega sorority and received a graduate degree in journalism from Columbia University.