Valerie Staggs is Head Person at Ryan William’s Agency, the full-service advertising firm she founded in 2002 to fulfill her passion for writing scintillating advertising copy. She has numerous industry awards for her advertising campaigns, but she is most proud of the award she won in a sixth-grade statewide writing competition for her essay “How to Eat Jell-O with a Knife.” Valerie is the founder of Pandora’s Kids, a non-profit organization that supports families in grief. She lives in Palm Beach Gardens, FL with her son, Ryan, and their dogs, Jack and Jessi. She is currently working on her next book, a novel.