Background
Valerie Nieman was born on July 6, 1955, in Jamestown, New York, United States. She is a daughter of Warner Ernest and Eleanor A. Nieman.
Jamestown Community College, Jamestown, New York, United States
From 1975 to 1976 Valerie Nieman attended Jamestown Community College.
West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, United States
In 1978 Valerie Nieman received a Bachelor of Arts degree from West Virginia University.
Queens University of Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
In 2004 Valerie Nieman obtained a Master of Fine Arts degree from Queens University of Charlotte.
Valerie Nieman
Valerie Nieman
Valerie Nieman
Valerie Nieman
(Post-apocalyptic West Virginia... A nation divided, turns...)
Post-apocalyptic West Virginia... A nation divided, turns on itself with brutal, primitive cruelty, unleashing the ghastly mutations of blistering chemical warfare that leave a desolate wasteland where the United States once flourished... Menaced by roaming bands of scavengers, alone and lonely on a remote West Virginia farm, Neena and her aunt battle to carve a marginal existence from the ashes of an annihilated civilization. Suddenly Neena's missing uncle arrives out of the north, shattering their uneasy peace with his haunting memories, his worldly ways, and violent passions. Against her will, the woman-child Neena is forced to choose her destiny in the shape of two men. One, handsome and vital, teaches her hatred and fear; the other, horribly transformed by the chemical Change, lays bare the intricacies of the human heart. Will Neena bow to the demands of kin and blood, or brave the gentle path, sowing fresh seeds of hope in a savage future no one can second guess?
https://www.amazon.com/Neena-Gathering-Post-Apocalyptic-Valerie-Nieman-ebook/dp/B00CSDF3S6/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Neena+Gathering&qid=1582019777&s=books&sr=1-1
1988
(Fidelities is the first collection of short stories to be...)
Fidelities is the first collection of short stories to be published by this multi-faceted author. Through these eighteen stories, Valerie Nieman draws the reader into the Appalachian state of mind.
https://www.amazon.com/FIDELITIES-VALERIE-NIEMAN-ebook/dp/B005AG8R36/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Fidelities+Nieman&qid=1582020906&s=books&sr=1-1
2004
(Blood Clay tells the story of Tracey Gaines, who has move...)
Blood Clay tells the story of Tracey Gaines, who has moved to rural Saul County, North Carolina, to escape the wreckage of a divorce and becomes a teacher at an alternative school. She devotes herself to renovating an old farmhouse but finds she can't as easily build connections in this new place. When the community splits, she finds an ally in Dave Fordham, a native son who struck out for new opportunities, only to face his own trauma and a forced return home.
https://www.amazon.com/Blood-Clay-Valerie-Nieman-ebook/dp/B005JPT6FG/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=To+the+Bones+Nieman&qid=1582021664&s=books&sr=1-2
2011
(Check into Hotel Worthy, Valerie Nieman's new book of poe...)
Check into Hotel Worthy, Valerie Nieman's new book of poems, and you'll never want to leave. There abides in its pages an uncanny past wrought into poems that spring from memory - from a vast, liturgical acumen - that unites the dead with the living, restores the abandoned, returns the missing. Nieman knows the names of things, how those things piece together, how they sunder; and, while she refuses to lie, her truths are exquisite. This is a startling book.
https://www.amazon.com/Hotel-Worthy-Valerie-Nieman/dp/1941209181/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Hotel+Worthy+Nieman&qid=1582021101&s=books&sr=1-1
2015
(Leopard Lady: A Life in Verse by Valerie Nieman tells the...)
Leopard Lady: A Life in Verse by Valerie Nieman tells the story of Dinah, an orphan child of Appalachia who runs away to a carnival, and the emotional, physical, and spiritual journey she embraces. Born in the depths of the Depression, the biracial child is "given" to the childless Gastons to raise. She eventually finds her way out of exploitation into a life on the road as a carnival hootchie-kootchie dancer and fortune-teller. Self-educated with the King James Bible and a volume of Shakespeare, her voice blends Elizabethan phrasings with Appalachian and carnival speech. When Dinah is afflicted with vitiligo, she adds a turn as a "freak" called the Leopard Lady as the show travels back roads from the Carolinas to Pennsylvania. A dropout from divinity school joins the show, and they begin a debate over the nature of God and man – each seeking an understanding of their place in the universe – that becomes a close friendship.
https://www.amazon.com/Leopard-Lady-Verse-Valerie-Nieman/dp/1941209890/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Leopard+Lady%3A+A+Life+in+Verse+Nieman&qid=1582021392&s=books&sr=1-1
2018
(To the Bones is a genre-bending satire that takes on the ...)
To the Bones is a genre-bending satire that takes on the coal industry's effects on the land and people of Appalachia, with elements of mystery, supernatural horror, folk tales, and eco-justice thriller. To the Bones is a genre-bending satire that takes on the coal industry's effects on the land and people of Appalachia, with elements of mystery, supernatural horror, folk tales, and eco-justice thriller.
https://www.amazon.com/Bones-VALERIE-NIEMAN/dp/1946684988/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=To+the+Bones+Nieman&qid=1582021664&s=books&sr=1-1
2019
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Valerie Nieman was born on July 6, 1955, in Jamestown, New York, United States. She is a daughter of Warner Ernest and Eleanor A. Nieman.
From 1975 to 1976 Valerie Nieman attended Jamestown Community College. In 1978 she received a Bachelor of Arts degree from West Virginia University. In 2004 Nieman obtained a Master of Fine Arts degree from Queens University of Charlotte.
From 1976 to 1978 Valerie Nieman was a reporter and editor of Daily Athenaeum. In 1978 she served as a reporter for Dominion Post. From 1979 to 1982 Nieman was a reporter and arts and entertainment editor of Times West Virginian, a city editor from 1992 to 1995, and became an executive editor in 1995.
From 1977 to 1978 she worked as a public relations writer at West Virginia University, a teacher of news writing in 1990, and science fiction writing in 1995. A former newspaper reporter and editor, she now teaches creative writing at North Carolina A&T State University and at venues ranging from the John C. Campbell Folk School to Writer House.
She has penned such books, as Neena Gathering (1988), Slipping out of Old Eve (1988), How We Live (1996), Survivors (2000), and others.
(To the Bones is a genre-bending satire that takes on the ...)
2019(Leopard Lady: A Life in Verse by Valerie Nieman tells the...)
2018(Blood Clay tells the story of Tracey Gaines, who has move...)
2011(Fidelities is the first collection of short stories to be...)
2004(Check into Hotel Worthy, Valerie Nieman's new book of poe...)
2015(This collection of poetry by award-winning poet Valerie N...)
2006(Post-apocalyptic West Virginia... A nation divided, turns...)
1988Valerie Nieman is a member of Poets and Writers, Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, West Virginia Writers.
On May 20, 1978, Valerie Nieman married John O. Colander, Jr.