Valori HerzlichValori Herzlich was born in Latvia and raised and educated in New York City. Her lengthy graphic arts career focused on retail advertising and has included stints as a fashion illustrator, designer, and Creative/Art Director for major department and pecialty store chains. Mother of four, grandmother of four, and former Staff Assistant to assorted felines, Valori presently divides her time between the ocean-menaced New England shore and drought-threatened Santa Fe; quilting, gardening, walking beaches, or exploring arroyos when she's not drawing. Read More Read Less