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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.

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

Member of:

  • Sisters in Crime (SinC)
  • Mystery Writers of America (MWA)
  • Crime Writers of Color
  • International Thriller Writers (ITW)
  • The Crime Writers Association (CWA)

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