In her Manual and Advice on Coping With Your Divorce, Gilly gives advice about what she learned so that others won't have to go through the same heartbreak, and thoughts of suicide.

Gay Toltl Kinman has nine award nominations for her writing; several short stories in American and English magazines and anthologies; seven children's books; a Y.A. gothic novel; three adult mysteries; several short plays produced; many articles in professional journals and newspapers; and co-edited two non-fiction books. Kinman has library and law degrees.