N.L. Sher grew up in Duluth, Minnesota, and attended college in Washington, D.C. Sher moved to St. Petersburg, Florida, in the late 1960s and has been residing there since, spendin...view moreN.L. Sher grew up in Duluth, Minnesota, and attended college in Washington, D.C. Sher moved to St. Petersburg, Florida, in the late 1960s and has been residing there since, spending summers at Sugar Mountain, North Carolina.view less