Unstoppable Woman The Forgotten Story of Mavis Hutchison -- First Woman to Run Across America

Gillene Laney (ne Sneyd) is a retired journalist from South Africa who took up residence in America in 2008. She shares her life with husband and coauthor Dr David Laney, currently an astronomer at Western Kentucky University. Her career spans many years, during which she wrote for some of South Africa's leading newspapers and magazines, and edited corporate publications in the fields of finance and education. David earned a Ph.D. in physics and astronomy from Brigham Young University, then spent 26 years as a research astronomer and media liaison officer for the South African Astronomical Observatory in Cape Town before moving back to the U.S. They have no children, but find joy in their marriage and in personal interests: traveling, books, music and the arts.