Valya Dudycz Lupescu has been making magic with food and words for more than 20 years, incorporating folklore from her Ukrainian heritage with practices that honor the Earth. The author of The Silence of Trees, and co-author of Geek Parenting and Forking Good (Quirk Books), Valya earned her MFA in Writing from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. You can find her on Twitter @Valya