Growing up on her home island of Aruba with wonderful carefree sunny days, Laurie, a/k/a Lori Flying Fish, was a voracious reader. Books were a source of joy and entertainment. Their stories were magical and encouraged flights of imagination to far distant places filled with mystery, romance, drama, history and important ideas. She left Aruba to study in the States where she earned her Bachelor of Science as a fashion major from Drexel University and a Masters of Arts in Bi-Lingual/Bi-Cultural studies from La Salle University, both in Philadelphia. She is working on a collection of short stori...