Valerie is a native of Baltimore, Maryland, who currently resides in White Marsh, Maryland. She has been writing poetry since she was eight years old. Her love for writing came when her oldest sister gave her a book written by Dr. Maya Angelou. After reading the book, she starting penning her own writings, short stories, and poems.

It wasn't until several years later that she started writing poetry for her friends and family. Whatever occassion, holiday or birthday came, Valerie wrote a personal poem centered around the person's character. In 2002 she met Author, Jonathan Luckett, at the mall in White Marsh and they started talking about the craft of writing. It was then she decided to finish a novel she started a few years before. She is mother of three grown children and the grandmother of five grandchildren.