D. E. Hermann is a ceramic artist and writer who has lived in the Shenandoah Valley for over 30 years. Her office and studio are in a refurbished barn behind their home in Shepherdstown, West Virgi...view moreD. E. Hermann is a ceramic artist and writer who has lived in the Shenandoah Valley for over 30 years. Her office and studio are in a refurbished barn behind their home in Shepherdstown, West Virginia, where she shares her life with her husband, dogs, cats, hedgehog, a flock of hens, and assorted visiting wildlife.She uses her maiden name as an author, but Denise Kupiszewski is the artist and potter at The Mud Peddler studio. When she is not at her laptop or in the studio, she enjoys traveling to Maine, coastal South Carolina, and “visiting any coastline I can spend time beach-combing and listening to the waves.”She is happy to correspond at dehermannbooks@gmail.comview less