Valerie Willis is a Fantasy Paranormal Romance author based out of Central Florida. She loves crafting novels with elements inspired by mythology, superstitions, legends, folklore, fairy tales and history. She received the Reader\u2019s Favorite Bronze medal in \u2018Fiction \u2013 Mythology\u2019 and FAPA\u2019s President\u2019s Silver medal in \u2018Fantasy\/Sci-fi.\u2019 In 2020, she joined 4 Horsemen Publications as Chief Operating Officer, helping oversee the design of all their books including covers, typesets, and author branding. Throughout online and in-person, you can find her hosting workshops or a guest speaker at many events (MegaCon, OCLS Writers Conference, Florida Writers Conference, Author Learning Center, SavvyAuthors, Women in Publishing Summit 2021, etc.) sharing her expertise in novel writing, research in fiction, worldbuilding, character development, book design, reader immersion and more. You can also find her co-hosting on occasion on the Drinking with Authors Podcast speaking with Jonathan Maberry, Heather Graham, and many more on their own journeys of becoming an author!<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Her Award-Winning Dark Fantasy Paranormal Romance, \u2018The Cedric Series,\u2019 is a wonderful blend of genres that appeal to a wide-range of readers described as \u201cdramatic, lustful, and fantasy fulfilling.\u201d The motto here is: \u201cNo immortal is beyond the ailments of man\u201d and that includes powerful creatures, demons, witches, and Gods. Many of the monsters present in the content is derived from Medieval Bestiaries and adds a fun flavor of new yet deeply rooted assortment of creatures such as Coin Iotair, Shag Foal, Cynocephali, and many more.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
In 2020, she joined 4 Horsemen Publications, Inc. as the chief operating officer, bringing over a decade of typesetting skills and knowledge to the table. Nothing is more rewarding for her than taking fellow authors dreams and bringing them alive in a physical format. Designing and writing books has been a longtime passion since childhood and continues to inspire and encourage authors around the world whenever possible.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2559,"parent":0,"template":"","ip":[],"featured":[],"guest-profession":[46],"popcon-year":[38,54,167],"class_list":["post-2557","guests","type-guests","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","guest-profession-author","popcon-year-38","popcon-year-54","popcon-year-167"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/popcon.us\/popcon-indy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/guests\/2557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/popcon.us\/popcon-indy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/guests"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/popcon.us\/popcon-indy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/guests"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/popcon.us\/popcon-indy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/popcon.us\/popcon-indy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ip","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/popcon.us\/popcon-indy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ip?post=2557"},{"taxonomy":"featured","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/popcon.us\/popcon-indy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/featured?post=2557"},{"taxonomy":"guest-profession","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/popcon.us\/popcon-indy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/guest-profession?post=2557"},{"taxonomy":"popcon-year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/popcon.us\/popcon-indy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/popcon-year?post=2557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}