Valerie (V. M.) Burns is an Agatha, Anthony, Edgar, and Next Generation Indie Award finalist. Born and raised in northwestern Indiana, Valerie now lives in Northern Georgia with her two poodles, where she is also an operations manager at a local call center.She also serves as an adjunct professor in the Writing Popular Fiction Program at Seton Hill University in Greensburg, PA.

Valerie is the author of the following series:

• Mystery Bookshop Mysteries
• Dog Club Mysteries
• RJ Franklin Mysteries
• Baker Street Mysteries
• Bailey the Bloodhound Mysteries, writing as Kallie E. Benjamin

Please help us welcome Valerie to Perry on January 27, 2024 for Turning a New Page Book Festival at First Baptist Church. We can’t wait!