Gloria Hansen has won many significant awards nationwide for her quilts, most of which were designed using a Macintosh computer. She is a frequent contributor to Art/Quilt Magazine and writes the "High-Tech Quilting" column for The Professional Quilter. She has self-published quilt patterns, and her quilts, designs, and hand-painted fabrics have appeared in magazines such as quilter's Newsletter Magazine, FiberArts, McCalls Quilting, and Ladies Circle Patchwork Quilt. Also a contributor to The Needlecrafter's Computer Companion, she lives in central New Jersey.