Valerie Ihsan is the author of You Can’t Dance a Lie: A Memoir of Stepping into My Truth; The Scent of Apple Tea and Smell the Blue Sky: Young, Pregnant, and Widowed, winner of a B.R.A.G. Medallion for Top Indie-Published Books. She co-chaired the Eugene Chapter of Willamette Writers for over eight years, hosts an annual writing workshop and retreat in Marcola, Oregon, and helps authors write the best books they can. She podcasts at Writer Craft Podcast, loves dogs, and aims to make Costa Rica her home. She lives in Oregon with her husband and three dogs.

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