Valerie Niemerg is a retired opera singer who performed leading roles with regional opera companies around the United States. Now a breast cancer survivor and a veteran foster-mom, Niemerg divides her time between her two children, her voice studio and her writing. "Elly Uncomposed," her first work of fiction, is presently available on Amazon. Her second novel, "The Arts of Spies and Butterflies" is set to launch in August 2022.