Annette ValentineAnnette Valentine is the author of Eastbound from Flagstaff, a love story based on her father and her debut novel, published in 2019. She graduated with distinction from Purdue University and founded an interior design business which spnned a 34-year career in Lafayette, Indiana and Brentwood, Tennessee. Annette's design expertise spans from the White House, architectural design for Habitat for Humanity housing, to the house next door. She advocates for victims and survivors of human trafficking and speaks in public forums through an 18-year-long affiliation with Toastmasters International. Inspired by authors of children's books to biographers to World War II historians, Annette writes through the varied lens of colorful experience and the absorbing reality of man's search for meaning, weaving together compelling stories of family, legacies, and love that endures beyond differences and heartbreak. She and her husband happily reside in the Nashville area. Read More Read Less