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Valerie Taylor


Born
in The United States
September 07, 1913

Died
October 22, 1997

Genre
Gay and Lesbian, Pulp


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There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name

Valerie Taylor is the pen name of Velma Young (1913–1997), author of the lesbian pulp classics Whisper Their Love (1957), The Girls in 3-B (1959), World Without Men (1963), Journey to Fulfillment (1964), and Ripening (1988). With the $500 proceeds of her first novel, Hired Girl (1953), Taylor bought a pair of shoes, two dresses, and hired a divorce lawyer. After leaving her husband, she kicked off a prolific career as the author of pulp fiction novels, poetry (under the name Nacella Young), and romances (under the name Francine Davenport). A longtime activist for gay and lesbian rights, she was a co-founder of Mattachine Midwest and the Lesbian Writers Conf ...more

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Average rating: 3.51 · 948 ratings · 179 reviews · 21 distinct works • Similar authors
The Girls in 3-B
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3.46 avg rating — 368 ratings — published 1959 — 16 editions
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Whisper Their Love
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3.07 avg rating — 84 ratings — published 1957 — 12 editions
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Stranger on Lesbos
3.06 avg rating — 72 ratings — published 1960 — 16 editions
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Return to Lesbos
3.33 avg rating — 61 ratings — published 1963 — 10 editions
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A World Without Men
3.30 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 1963 — 5 editions
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Prism
3.97 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 1981 — 3 editions
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Journey to Fulfillment
3.58 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 1964 — 4 editions
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Unlike Others
3.95 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 1963 — 2 editions
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Rice and Beans
3.64 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1989
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Ripening
3.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1988 — 2 editions
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