Kelly Valen
About the Author
Kelly Valen earned her J.D. from the University of California, Davis, where she was executive editor of the Law Review. A daughter, sister, wife, and mother of four (three of them daughters), she practiced law with a Chicago-based firm for more than a decade. Her writings have appeared in The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle Magazine, Chicago Tribune, Baltimore Sun, The Christian Science Monitor, Minneapolis Star Tribune, and other publications.