Snowbird Tales is the story of a Toronto couple adjusting to retirement life after long successful careers and spending winters in the Sunshine State. The novel begins when they buy their southern 'home away from home' and ends when they have to unexpectedly sell it seventeen years later. In between is their journey of retiring from busy jobs and living their dream as they enjoy the Floridian good life, peppered at times by unforeseen, sometimes painful, events.
Gill Reames worked for a major Canadian think tank as an economist and executive, where his numerous articles and reports on various economic and public policy topics were published. Before starting his professional career, he wrote poems for a neighborhood newspaper. Since he left his full-time job, he has been writing fiction. Snowbird Tales is his first novel. He now lives in Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada, with his wife.