Carol has been a nurse, author, and teacher for many years. Her first book was “The Nurse’s Story.” She did two cross-country tours for “The Nurse’s Story”: which included TV, radio, and print media. Ms. Gino’s second book, “Rusty’s Story” received the Epilepsy Association’s National Book Award and was on the New York Times bestseller list for 5 weeks. She began her own publishing house called Starwater Press Ltd. in 1987. Since then she has started aaha! Books. Carol Gino was the long time companion of author Mario Puzo for 20 years until his death in 1999 and in 2001 completed his book “The Family.”