Valerie Valdes

Valerie Valdes writes speculative fiction spanning novels and short stories. She is best known for the Chilling Effect series, a comic space-opera trilogy following a captain and her crew of misfits as they get tangled up with crime syndicates and psychic conspiracies, comprising Chilling Effect, Fault Tolerance, and Prime Deceptions. Her short fiction has appeared in venues including Nightmare Magazine and Uncanny Magazine, as well as in the anthology She Walks in Shadows. Valdes writes with a strong comic voice, blending banter-driven space adventure with sharper questions about found family and survival under corporate and criminal pressure, and maintains an active online presence for readers following her ongoing work in the genre.