Gail Donohue Storey was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts on July 15, 1947. She earned a B.A. from Rosary College in 1969, a M.S. in Library Science from the University of Illinois in 1973, a M.A. in liberal education from John's College in 1982, and a M.A. in English and Creative Writing from the University of Houston also in 1982. Storey is the author of The Lord's Motel, God's Country Club, First Poems of Gail Donohue, articles, essays, and works of short fiction. She has won numerous honors and awards including the Houston Festival Prose Award in 1983; the PEN Southwest Discovery Prize, first runner up for fiction in1983, finalist in 1984, finalist in 1988, and second honorable mention in 1989; first prize for fiction in the Houston Orange Show in 1985; a Yaddo fellowship in 1987; an honorable mention from the Cultural Arts Council of Houston in 1987; and Best Fiction Award from the South Central Women's Studies Association in 1990.
From the guide to the Gail Donohue Storey Papers 2001-002., 1974-2000, (Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries)
From the description of Gail Donohue Storey papers, 1974-2000. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 163582665
