The trilogy is now complete with Prime Deceptions and Fault Tolerance. Clarke Award, and was also named one of Library Journal’s best SF/fantasy novels of 2019. It was shortlisted for the 2021 Arthur C. Her debut novel Chilling Effect was published by Harper Voyager in September 2019 and Orbit UK in February 2020, with starred reviews in Kirkus Reviews and Library Journal. Valerie Valdes’s work has been featured in Uncanny Magazine, Time Travel Short Stories and Nightmare Magazine. Valerie lives in Georgia with her husband, children and cats. Valerie is co-editor of Escape Pod, and her short fiction and poetry have been featured in Uncanny Magazine, Time Travel Short Stories and Nightmare Magazine. Clarke Award and was named one of Library Journal’s best SF/fantasy novels of 2019. Valerie Valdes’s debut novel Chilling Effect was shortlisted for the 2021 Arthur C. She lives in Georgia with her husband, children and cats.

Valerie Valdes’s novel Chilling Effect was shortlisted for the 2021 Clarke Award and was one of Library Journal’s best SF/fantasy novels of 2019. Valerie is co-editor of Escape Pod, and her work has appeared in Uncanny Magazine and Nightmare Magazine. Valerie is represented by Quressa Robinson at Folio Lit. In her spare time, she enjoys playing video games, watching cartoons and learning to sword fight. Valerie has served as a Municipal Liaison for National Novel Writing Month since 2005. She is a graduate of Viable Paradise and has taught classes and given lectures for Clarion West and Georgia State University, among others. She attended the University of Miami, where she majored in English literature with minors in creative writing and motion pictures. Valerie is co-editor of Escape Pod, and currently works as a freelance writer and copy editor. Her next novel, Where Peace Is Lost, is forthcoming in 2023. It was also named one of Library Journal’s best SF/fantasy novels of 2019, and was shortlisted for the 2021 Arthur C.

Valerie Valdes’s short fiction and poetry has been featured in Uncanny Magazine, Time Travel Short Stories and Nightmare Magazine.

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