Gabrielle Burton is the author of "Impatient with Desire," "Searching for Tamsen Donner," "Heartbreak Hotel," and "I'm Running Away From Home But I'm Not Allowed To Cross The Street." She wrote the screenplay for the movie, "Manna From Heaven," produced by Five Sisters Productions, (MGM DVD.) Her honors include The Western Heritage Award for outstanding novel, The Maxwell Perkins Prize, the Great Lakes Colleges Association New Writers Award, The Mary Pickford Prize for Screenwriters given by the American Film Institute, 1st Prize, Austin Film Festival Heart of Film Screenwriting contest, and the Nicholl Screenwriting Fellowship given by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences. She lives in Venice, CA.