Gerald Ensley (Aug. 16, 1951 – 16 February 2018[1]) was a newspaper reporter and columnist for the Tallahassee Democrat as well as an author.
His father was an Air Force master sergeant and then worked for the federal civil service.
His mother was a civil service clerk typist who became a procurement supervisor in the federal government.
[1] He attended Florida State University (FSU) in Tallahassee for two years before dropping out and working various jobs including as a taxi driver in Tallahassee before returning to FSU and graduating with a political science degree in 1980.
[5] In 2022, Florida State University established an endowed developing writer award named in his honor.