Laney, Gillene

Gillene Laney (nee Sneyd) is a retired journalist from South Africa who took up residence in America in 2008. She shares her life with husband and coauthor Dr David Laney, currently an astronomer at Western Kentucky University. Her career spans many years, during which she wrote for some of South Africa's leading newspapers and magazines, and edited corporate publications in the fields of finance and education. David earned a Ph.D. in physics and astronomy from Brigham Young University, then spent 26 years as a research astronomer and media liaison officer for the South African Astronomical Ob...