Gardner McFall

Born July 10, 1952, in Jacksonville, FL; daughter of Albert Dodge (a U.S. naval officer) and Joan Livingston McFall; married Peter Forbes Olberg (an attorney), October 21, 1978; children: Amanda Wadsworth. Education: Wheaton College, B.A.; Johns Hopkins University, M.A. (writing seminars), 1975; New York University, Ph.D. (English), 1990.