I’m excited about my new book, The Man with the Crystal Ankh. It’s the first in the Hollow Oak trilogy. When I sat down to think about what truly inspired my writing of this book, one of the answers surprised me. When I was a kid, I was obsessed with this Bearenstain Bears book called […]
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I’m excited to announce the official release of my latest novel, The Man with the Crystal Ankh. It’s about a high school student who discovers a hidden talent while playing the violin: by letting her mind relax with her music, she opens herself to be contacted by the troubled spirit of a late, beloved custodian […]
Freedom is an important cause for me. I believe that with freedom, our potential for accomplishment becomes limitless. I’ve edited several anthologies with Freedom Forge Press on the topic of freedom, including both fiction and nonfiction stories about people striving to find freedom and celebrating the spirit of the individual. I was happy to learn […]
As the author of a light-hearted mystery series for kids, people have been asking me lately, “why horror?” Some seem surprised that mild-mannered Val would write about ghosts and murder and a bad man who seeks everyone’s demise. The reason I like horror is the same reason I like 1984 by George Orwell. In 1984, […]
