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, will be 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. PRE-ORDER AT AMAZON or BOOKSHOP.ORG OR BARNES AND NOBLE!
COME TO ONE OF MY AUTHOR TALKS: A long-time fan of Bay Area history, Shipyard Gals is Stoller’s debut novel. She will help celebrate Rosie the Riveter Trust’s 25th anniversary at the Richmond Museum of History and Culture in Richmond on Sunday October 26, 2025 at 2 pm, in conversation with author Julia Park Tracey. She also will appear at Books Inc. in Alameda on Thursday November 6 at 5:30 pm, in conversation with author Lori Ostlund.
Valerie Stoller 