Deborah BaileyDeborah, the creative artist behind "a farm animals' adventure series-no ordinary farm" picture books, has spent her entire career in the graphic design and sales arena. She is the owner of Bailey Design and Advertising, a twenty-five year old award inning boutique graphic design and advertising agency. She also owns and publishes Connections Magazine, a Pocono Mountain favorite entertainment and recreation magazine, established in 1998. Deborah grew up in beautiful historic Honesdale, Wayne County, PA and still resides here with her family. She enjoys oil painting, gardening, hiking, biking, and kayaking with her little yaker doggie, Petey, a Chiweenie, who she rescued in 2016.Deborah has sat on many business and non-profit organizational boards throughout her career and volunteers in her community. Deborah and her agency have received many awards and honors over the years. Vision of Advocacy Award from Safe Haven of Pike County, PA, America's Registry of Outstanding Professionals, Top 25 Business Women in Northeast PA, a finalist in the nation for Enterprising Women in business, Small Business Administration (SBA) Northeastern Pennsylvania Woman Entrepreneur designation, and recipient of numerous Communicator Awards of Distinction for graphic design.Deborah's motto in life is to go forward in the face of overwhelming odds even if it means risking failure. Risks must be taken, because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing. The person that risks nothing, is nothing. Read More Read Less