Bethanie Gorny holds a master's degree in Learning Disabilities and a Doctorate in Early Childhood Education and Special Education. She was an assistant professor of special education at Rowan University, NJ. She has given numerous workshops and presentations on the subject of the inclusion of people with disabilities in the mainstream of society. Her belief in inclusion is one of the themes in her book, The Ambivalent Daughter: Memoir of a Conflicted Caregiver. Since retiring she has been writing on a full-time basis. She joined writing groups at Florida Atlantic University and at the Kravis Center, Palm Beach, FL. Her essays and short stories have been published online and in print journals, including The Atlantic City Press, The Jewish Literary Journal, Florida Writer Magazine, McSweeney's Internet Tendency, Jewish Fiction.net, Pleaseseeme.net, The Wild Word, and others. She won first prize in the 2019 Royal Palm Literary competition for a short nonfiction story. Her first book "Fridays with Eva" is available on Amazon. She and her husband live in Boynton Beach, Florida. She enjoys golf, reading, running book clubs, and involvement in advocacy efforts for seniors. Her one act play won Delray Playhouse Award for One of 9 Best Plays Competition and will be presented on stage in October 2023.