Valerie Foster
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Valerie Foster is an award-winning educator, public speaker, and recipient of the Shofar Zakhor award for Holocaust Education. She is author of The Risk of Sorrow: Conversations with Holocaust Survivor, Helen Handler, archived in six countries, non-fiction narrative, Dancing with a Demon, named Best Nonfiction Narrative by American Book Fest and Finalist by International Book Awards, short story, “Loss,” published by the River Poets Journal Anthology, and editor of/contributor to Women Wronged. With public speaking in Vancouver, B.C., Los Angeles, San Diego, Texas, New York, and throughout Arizona, she has been featured on Sunday Square Off, The God Show, The Arizona Republic, Jewish News, Good Morning Arizona, East Valley Tribune, VoyagePhoenix Magazine, and Canvas Rebel Magazine.
Mister Radio Podcast Non-Fiction Author Association Interview
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The Risk of Sorrow: Intimate Conversations with a Holocaust Survivor
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Non-Fiction/Historical Memoir
Helen Handler was just fifteen years old when she found herself alone in Auschwitz. The horrors she faced, and lessons she learned, would shape every moment of her life in ways few people could imagine. After rebuilding her life in America, and sharing her dramatic tale of survival to one group of high school students, she feels a unique connection with Irish-Catholic teacher, Valerie Foster. Now eighty, Helen bares her soul to Valerie, and challenges her to listen, learn, and search her own self. The teacher becomes the student as their weekly visits begin to sculpt the profile of a Holocaust survivor as rarely seen before. More than a Holocaust memoir, The Risk of Sorrow is an intimate look at two women of different generations, religions, and cultures who forge an extraordinary friendship as together they examine deep questions of survival, faith, humanity, and love. This is a story for today's world. 
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Dancing with a Demon: The Family Affair of Eating Disorders
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Non-Fiction Memoir
A mother's love. A daughter's battle. A family's journey. What would you do if your child stopped eating? Dancing with a Demon is the true story of a mother searching for answers through the labyrinth of her daughter's struggle with an often fatal and perpetually mysterious disease. When author Valerie Foster's teen-aged daughter, Jenna, plunges into the dark world of anorexia nervosa, Valerie has to fight against a demon that threatens her daughter's life and her own mental health. Her riveting narrative, along with Jenna's revealing journal entries, explores the complexities of the mother-daughter relationship and how this disease affects one's entire family. For psychologists, educators, teens and parents everywhere, Dancing with a Demon provides hope, understanding, and enlightenment. 
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