About The Author

Hemu Aggarwal has an M.F.A. (Masters of Fine Arts) degree and over 45 years of experience in the art industry.

She just published her first book, The Forbidden Letters. A True Story on Amazon Books. She has worked at Barnes and Noble as a book designer and has designed many books and covers. Hemu also loves to write poems. They published several of her poems on  https://spillwords.com/?s=Hemu+Aggarwal


She has a Master’s degree in Graphic design. She has created many album covers of well-known artists like Tom Jones, Mantovani, Engelbert Humperdinck, Brotherhood of Man, and Frijid Pink, Aretha Franklin, Quincy Jones, one of the last records of the Beatles, and a single by John Lennon and Yoko Ono. This experience enabled me to start her own company, AQ Graphics Inc., in New York, and she continued in this line of work. She designed many Hip-Hop albums, including Grandmaster Flash and Furious Five’s “Message” album, The Sugar Hill Gang, Positive Force, Treacherous Three, and many others. Please read here about her Hip-Hop career.

Hip-Hop Interview with the historian Jay Quan

http://thafoundation.com/hemu.htm

Hemu has won several awards, including 2nd place for her painting “The Dancing Pair” in an online art competition by CAGO (Contemporary Art Gallery Online).
https://www.jay-quan.com/post/hemuaggarwal

She designed packages for Remington, Buddy L (Toy co.), Salada Tea, Welch’s Jam, G.I. Joe’s boxes, Kleenex Tissue (Kimberly Clark Co.), and many other well-known companies.

Hemu’s paintings appear on many fashion wears and other merchandise. Click this link:
https://blog.shopvida.com/2019/10/10/artist-spotlight-hemu-ghia-aggarwal/

Hemu loves to play tennis. She is a PTR Certified Tennis Coach and an official coach for Play Your Tennis and My Tennis Lessons.

Hemu lives in Petaluma, California, with her husband, Yash Aggarwal.