Valerie Fraser Luesse

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Valerie Fraser Luesse | A mysterious antique dealer will help Edie heal and change her life
May 2, 2025
1--What is the title of your latest release?   Read More...

Valerie Fraser Luesse | Author-Reader Match: LETTERS FROM MY SISTER
August 14, 2023
Instead of trying to find your perfect match in a dating app, we bring you the “Author-Reader Match" where we introduce  Read More...

Valerie Fraser Luesse | Title Challenge: UNDER THE BAYOU MOON
August 6, 2021
Hello, there! (Or maybe I should say “hey, y’all,” as we do here in the Deep South.) I’m  Read More...

Valerie Fraser Luesse | Exclusive Excerpt: THE KEY TO EVERYTHING
June 5, 2020
The cottage appeared to be abandoned, but something about it took hold of Peyton. The tall flight of steps leading up into  Read More...

Valerie Fraser Luesse | Dodging the Dreaded Coin
March 8, 2019
Spoiler alert: I’m about to seriously date myself. When I was in college, all my girlfriends were crazy about the movie Somewhere in  Read More...

Valerie Fraser Luesse | Top Five Places To Experience "Southern Noir"
January 19, 2018
Years ago, I had the opportunity to interview singer-songwriter Kate Campbell, who remains one of my favorite artists. Kate talked about something she called  Read More...

Valerie Fraser Luesse is the author of Almost Home and the bestselling, Christy Award–winning Missing Isaac. Her third novel, The Key to Everything, was inspired by a true story. An award-winning magazine writer, Luesse is best known for her features and essays in Southern Living, where she is currently the senior travel editor.

Specializing in stories about unique pockets of Southern culture, she has published major pieces on the Gulf Coast, the Mississippi Delta, Acadian Louisiana, and the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Her editorial section on Hurricane Katrina recovery in Mississippi and Louisiana won the 2009 Writer of the Year award from the Southeast Tourism Society.

The author lives in Birmingham, Alabama, with her husband, Dave—and a mischievous orange cat named Cheeto.

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