About Kathleen O'Neal Gear:
Kathleen O'Neal Gear is an American writer. Gear is a former state historian and archaeologist for Wyoming, Kansas, and Nebraska for the U.S. Department of the Interior. She has twice received the federal government's Special Advancement Award for "outstanding management" of the US nation's cultural heritage. She is perhaps best known for her First North Americans series, co-authored with husband W. Michael Gear.