Lee Chia`ah Batterman is the author of Two Cents and a Milk Bottle and numerous short stories, articles and poetry that have appeared in various magazines and newspapers. Ms. Batterman studied art at Brooklyn College and Artist in America School under the auspices of prominent artists such as Harry Sternberg, Jerry Okimoto, Evelyn Eisgrau and Leo Manso. Her contemporary, spatial and plastic paintings and collages of various media have appeared in solo and group exhibitions along the east coast and from New England to Florida. Her work is also included in private collections throughout the United States and Canada. A native New Yorker, Lee Chia`ah Batterman now resides in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.