Throughout a career spanning science to social work, Gloria loved to make up stories, first for her three children when they were small, and then for her five grandchildren. Over the past three years, inspired by her younger sister, Jackie, who teaches phonics to pre-school children, she has written and illustrated numerous phonics focused storybooks, and continues to write her stories in the hope that they will make learning to read fun. Recently she has also written her own story in the form of an autobiographical novel.