Her Inspiration
“I think I did pretty well, considering I started out with nothing but a bunch of blank paper."
~ Steve Martin
Her Story
About Valerie Foster
Award-winning author, Valerie Foster, is an almost-native of Arizona, though her roots were first planted in New Jersey. An educator, public speaker, and recipient of the Shofar Zakhor award for Holocaust Education, she is the author of two memoirs: The Risk of Sorrow: Intimate Conversations with a Holocaust Survivor, and Dancing with a Demon (honored as BEST NONFICTION-NARRATIVE by the American Book Fest, and FINALIST by the International Book Awards), as well as a short story, “Loss,” published in the River Poets Anthology. She was also editor of and essay contributor for Women Wronged: Discrimination, Repression, & Sexism from the Sixties to Now. Dancing with a Demon. Valerie taught high school English for thirty years and went on to hold an adjunct faculty position at Chandler-Gilbert Community College in Arizona for seven years in teacher education.
Valerie’s father was a tenacious, curious newspaper copywriter; her mother wore the badge of a deeply caring, empathetic soul. Good DNA for a writer, eh?
She lives in Phoenix, Arizona with her husband, Tom.