Anna Whiston-Donaldson is a former high school English teacher and bookstore manager from the Washington metro area. She began writing the blog An Inch of Gray in 2008 to share funny stories of life and motherhood.

After the sudden death of her 12 year old son Jack in 2011, Anna chronicled her grief journey in real time for her readers in order to share what grief is really like and to find healing for herself.

Her memoir Rare Bird, A Memoir of Loss and Love, was published by Convergent Books a division of Penguin/Random House in Sept 2014.

Anna enjoys writing and public speaking.