Monica Valentinelli

Monica Valentinelli is an author, narrative designer, teacher, and consultant. Her work often touches on magic, mystery, or mayhem-sometimes all three! Monica's ever-expanding portfolio includes short stories, novellas, games, comics, essays, and pop culture reference books for media/tie-in settings and her original works. As an author, Monica is best known for her short stories. Recent publications include the 2021 Scribe Award-nominated "Scritch, Scratch" from HAUNTING SHADOWS for Wraith: the Oblivion and “From an Honest Sister, to a Neglected Daughter” from SISTERHOOD: DARK TALES AND SECRET MYSTERIES. As a gaming industry veteran, Monica is best known for her best-selling and multi-award winning contributions to game-related fiction, crit lit, interactive fiction, and games set in the World of Darkness, Shadowrun, Eclipse Phase, Firefly TV show, Unknown Armies, and more! Check out the 2023 ENnie-Award nominated Level 1 Volume 3 Anthology from 9th Level Games that includes Monica's party game "One Night at Bain House." Monica also leads creative workshops at conventions and frequently teaches classes through the Rambo Academy of Wayward Writers on a variety of subjects including: magic and divination for writers, tarot for writers, story generation, intro to gaming, how to adapt your stories to games, and more! Learn more about Monica by visiting: booksofm.com.