ABOUT: Valerie Stoller grew up in New Jersey, went to college in Ohio and kept heading west until she landed in the San Francisco Bay Area, where she worked as a nurse practitioner. Shipyard Gals is her first novel. She lives in Oakland with her husband and their two disobedient (yet adorable) cats.
My novel, SHIPYARD GALS, was published October 24, 2025 by Sibylline Press. The book explores the lives of three young women from very different cultures, working in the California shipyards during WWII. ORDER AT AMAZON or BOOKSHOP.ORG OR BARNES AND NOBLE!
COME TO ONE OF MY AUTHOR TALKSOR BOOK SIGNINGS!
UPCOMING:
July 11, 2026 10:30-4:00 Alameda Book Festivalat Alameda Main Library
PREVIOUS TALKS AND BOOK FESTIVALS
Bay Area Book Festival May 31, 2026
Sacramento Book Festival April 19, 2026
MARCH 26, 2026 at 6 PM Book talk at the POINT RICHMOND LIBRARY BRANCH
APRIL 11, 2026 at 2 PM at BARNES & NOBLE in EMERYVILLE
Rosie the Riveter Visitor Center on Jan. 11, 2026 talking with historian Jim Davis; at the Richmond Museum of History and Culture on Sunday October 26, 2025 at 2 pm, in conversation with author Julia Park Tracey. She also appeared at Books Inc. in Alameda on Thursday November 6 at 5:30 pm, in conversation with author Lori Ostlund.
Feb. 10, 2026 Book talk at the US Naval Order in SF. (private luncheon)
Valerie Stoller 