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Danielle Valentine biography

Danielle Valentine is an American author of young adult horror, mystery and thriller fiction. Danielle Valentine is a pen name also used by the novelist who publishes as Danielle Vega, Danielle Rollins and Ellie Rollins. Her earlier books include The Merciless horror series, published under the name Danielle Vega, and the Stolen Time trilogy, published as Danielle Rollins.

Her young adult thriller How to Survive Your Murder was published by Razorbill, an imprint of Penguin Random House, in August 2022. The novel follows Alice Lawrence, a teenager who witnesses her sister’s murder and finds herself transported back to the night of the crime, with an opportunity to change what happened.

Valentine’s subsequent young adult novel, Two Sides to Every Murder, was published in June 2024. The UK edition was released by Penguin. Set around the reopening of Camp Lost Lake, the story follows two teenagers, Olivia and Reagan, who investigate a series of murders that took place seventeen years earlier. The novel became a New York Times bestseller.

Valentine also writes adult horror and suspense fiction. Her novel Delicate Condition, published in August 2023, provided the basis for the twelfth season of the television anthology series American Horror Story. Her other adult fiction includes The Dead Husband Cookbook, published in August 2025.

Her young adult thriller Deadly Little Lessons was published by G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers on 15 September 2026. The novel follows Lia Michaels, a teenager accepted into an experimental school where students face dangerous tests and only five members of the class will graduate.