A Southwestern historian and the co-founder of a folk art gallery, Christine Mather is well known nationally as a lecturer on art and cultural history and author of several volumes on the traditions of the Southwest--Santa Fe Homes, Santa Fe Style, Native America: Arts, Traditions, and Celebrations, and True West: Arts, Traditions, and Celebrations. She lives with her husband and two daughters, Amanda and Thais, in the heart of Santa Fe.