George Jansen has been a writer all his life. He has published short stories and poems, and collaborated on half a dozen technical books concerning computer languages, operating systems, and email. His second novel, The Fade-away, was published by Pocol Press in 2007. He currently resides in Pleasanton, California with a ridiculously fat cat.

Gloria is the anglicized form of the Latin feminine given name gloriae, meaning immortal glory; glory, fame, renown, praise, honor.[from wikipedia]