Lucy Rose Fischer, PhD, is an award-winning Minnesota artist, author, and gerontologist. She is the author of six books—her most recent books are THE JOURNALIST: LIFE AND LOSS IN AMERICA'S SECRET WAR; GROW OLD WITH ME, and I'M NEW AT BEING OLD. As an artist, she specializes in creating fanciful and colorful designs on glass—painting upside-down, inside-out and backwards on hand blown glass. She is the founder and coordinator of the Interfaith Artist Circle of the Twin Cities. Lucy Rose is featured on the Twin Cities Public Television programs “The Creative Power of Aging” and “Life Changing Art.” www.lucyrosedesigns.com