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Five Things You Didn’t Know About Children’s Book Author Gina C. Browning

1. When she was in 6th grade she hatched a goose from an egg, in an incubator that she made from a large soap detergent box, with a light bulb. That goose was a wonderful part of her family for 8 years!

2. In high school, she was a member of one of the very first coed Explorer Posts (sort of an extension of Scouts) with whom she did white-water rafting, rock climbing, rappelling, backpacking, hiking, and camping.

3. During an Explorer Post “Olympics” Day, she won 2 second place, and 2 third place ribbons in the riflery target shooting event. She was the only girl competing against more than 100 boys.

4. In 1974 she drove 10 hours with Explorer Post friends to see the King Tut exhibit in New Orleans, and vowed that she’d see it again in Cairo someday; which she did 19 years later.

5. In 1999, in Colorado, she saw a rattle snake make its way up inside her car, into the wheel-well. She enlisted the help of a sheriff’s deputy, who was no help and all, and organized by herself the best way to get the snake out of her car.

Gina C. Browning is a creative, independent thinking, married mother of 2 adopted children and has been living her dreams for as long as she can remember. She is from Texas, but due to her husband’s job, moved to Australia with her husband and 17 month old son, Ryan, in 1989. Since then, they have moved internationally (because of her husband’s work) 4 more times, with a few domestic moves thrown in for good measure. In 1997 she and her husband adopted their daughter, Raechel, from China.

Having graduated from North Texas State University in 1979, with a BFA in “Metal craft and Jewellery, Gina has been a professional jewellery designer/maker for the better part of 30+ years, and has written poetry, on the side, since she was a child. She is currently living in Australia (for the 3rd time), with her husband and daughter, where her dreams continue to inspire creativity. Her son, now 21 years old, no longer lives at home.

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