Valerie Frankel is a literary agent with Aevitas Creative Management. She has collaborated with celebrities, public figures, and experts on more than thirty books, including two #1 New York Times bestsellers, Unhinged by Omarosa Manigault Newman and Melania and Me by Stephanie Winston Wolkoff. Other bestsellers sheÕs ghostwritten include Stay Hungry by Sebastian Maniscalco and A Shore Thing by Snooki.

Before becoming a ghostwriter, Frankel, a Dartmouth grad, has been an award-winning journalist and author (sheÕs written twenty-one books under her own name, novels, memoirs, and self-help guides), and served as Articles Editor at CondŽ NastÕs Mademoiselle for a decade.

Frankel joined Aevitas to put her thirty-five years of editorial experience to use by helping you realize your dream of becoming an author. SheÕs interested in non-fiction (memoir, health and wellness, business, lifestyle) and fiction (thriller, mystery, romance, YA). SheÕs based in Brooklyn, New York, and loves cats.