Gerit Quealy is a journalist, author and editor based in New York City, and an authority on the works of Shakespeare. Her book, Botanical Shakespeare, has a foreword written by Academy Award winning actress Helen Mirren and has received praise from Pulitzer Prize winner, David McCullough. Gerit Quealy is author of Botanical Shakespeare: An Illustrated Compendium of All the flowers, Fruits, Herbs, Trees, Seeds and Grasses Cited by the World’s Greatest Playwright (HarperCollins). A former actor, Gerit starred on the daytime drama “Ryan’s Hope” and in many stage productions, Shakespeare and otherwise.