Just released! This was my most exciting project to date as it involved working with Grammy Award winner Gloria Gaynor.
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Welcome!
Valerie D. Benko is an internationally published writer with articles and stories in newspapers, magazines, journals, anthologies and e-books in the United States and Canada. Some of her stories have been translated into over 40 languages and one of the anthologies she wrote for is a Pushcart Prize nominee.
She started writing seriously in high school when she took her first journalism class contributing to the school newspaper and working as an editor for the school's literary magazine. She followed that passion and love of writing to Slippery Rock University where she majored in Communications and minored in creative writing. Valerie graduated in 2002 with a B.A. in Communications and landed her first job writing professionally with the New Castle News, New Castle Pennsylvania. Most recently, Valerie worked as a Communications Specialist for a large utility company where she was responsible for internal and external customer and employee communications utilizing mediums such as websites, LED screens, newsletters, advertising, and bill inserts. |
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