Serenity Valle

Serenity the Author: I began writing short stories when I was 7 years old. Iillustrated these stories as well, even though now I admit that I can’t draw. My parents would buy me extra school notebooks to write my stories in and my favourite place to write was under the carport during a rainstorm. I would sit at the picnic table and write for hours during summer storms. While still in high school, I had nearly finished writing a full length novel. Unfortunately, the notebook fell out of my backpack during my Junior year and was never found. Devastated, I turned from writing and threw myself into drama. For many years I participated in school musicals and community theater. I even had a very small (uncredited) part in the 2001 Tim Burton film “Planet of the Apes”. I did get to meet Burton though and he was “eccentric but very nice”. I also have done some modeling in the past few years and continues to pursue that venue as well.

During this time I began writing again for an online RPG game based on the show “La Femme Nikita” (one of my favourite shows of all time). Slowly, I began to have ideas for my own stories again but always found that the middle of the story was missing. I wrote the beginning and left it until my block was defeated. Just recently, I started writing again full force and has recently published my first book, an anthology of short stories. I have completed a companion novella to the book and am currently writing a paranormal mystery romance series.

The other side of Serenity: I am the wife of an author and mum to 3 boys, born in '93, '96, and '11. I graduated from Cerro Coso Community College in 2002 with two Associates Degrees in Social Sciences and Humanities, then went on to graduate in 2005 from the University of California, Santa Cruz with a Bachelors in Psychology and a minor in Latin American/Latino Studies. I am a proud Banana Slug and a proud sister of Sigma Pi Alpha Sorority. In the little free time I have between family and writing, I enjoy cosplay and other geekery, gardening, reading, crafting things, henna art, and watching such shows as “Burn Notice”, “Covert Affairs”, “Warehouse 13″, “Law & Order SVU”, “Touch”, “Kitchen Nightmares” and others.