A two-time recipient of the prestigious Maxwell Medal, Gail MacMillan is author of thirteen books and numerous magazine articles and short stories published both in the USA and Canada. Her two books on the Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever (the first co-authored with Alison Strang) have met with excellent reviews and are currently selling well worldwide. Biography of a Beagle, her latest dog book, was the winner in the Fiction Category in the annual DWAA writing contest.

Gail's romance novels have been described as "touching", making "you wish you were there"; her history books, as carefully researched, well written, and highly readable.

Ceilidh's Quest

Loved by her new owner, always searching for her previous owner, Ceilidh represents the epitome in devotion, bravery, and torn loyalties.
     After spending three happy years with her first owner's family, circumstances force the unthinkable, and Ceilidh is sent
away. Luckily, Ceilidh is placed with Gail MacMillan, a truly
devoted animal lover. There, she finds an understanding heart
even as she begins her restless quest for her past life.
     Ceilidh goes on to be a well-known show dog and is featured in one of her new mistress's books on Duck Tolling Retrievers, but will this courageous little dog ever find peace and accept the love of her new owner?

The fact that some of life's deepest lessons can be learned from
what we humans consider 'simple' creatures could only be picked up on by an author as sensitive and observant as Gail MacMillan. Laughter and tears flow in equal measure.
~ Rebecca Melvin, author of In the Brief Eternal Silence

With the writing of Ceilidh’s Quest, Gail MacMillan has joined the ranks of the authors of such classics as Lassie, Come Home and Black Beauty.
~ Douglas Wayne Coldwell, author, educator, and breeder of
champion Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retrievers

Ceilidh’s Quest is a very personal treatise on the unique and reciprocal interspecies relationships that manifest between people and dogs…understood completely by incurable dog people everywhere.
~ Jim Gourlay, publisher, Eastern Woods and Waters and Saltscapes magazines.

Gail MacMillan has succeeded once again to captivate dog lovers with the enchanting tale of Ceilidh. It tugs at your heart and warms your sense of family traditions.
~ Lyman Ward, Hollywood writer, director, and actor

A touching and entertaining story that even die-hard cat-lovers will find irresistible.
~ Raymond Fraser, author and Governor-General’s Award nominee