Valerie Clarizio is a Door County native who attended Southern Door High School. She earned a Master of Business Administration degree with a Finance emphasis from Lakeland College. For the past twenty-three years, she has worked for the City of Sturgeon Bay as the Finance Director/Treasurer. Valerie has served on the Municipal Treasurers Association of Wisconsin Board in many capacities including holding the office of President during the 2016/2017 term. She continues to serve as a District Director.
When not crunching numbers for the city, Valerie can be found penning romance novels. She has a passion for writing as can be verified by her published accomplishments consisting of ten novels, three novellas, and three short stories. For almost ten years, Valerie was a member of the Romance Writers of America and the Wisconsin Romance Writers of America where she served as the Treasurer during the 2016/2017 term.
Valerie is an outdoors enthusiast. In her free time, you'll find her and her husband of thirty years out hiking trails in national parks, state parks, or Door County land trusts. When not on land, you might find them on the water fishing for the ultimate Salmon, or kayaking inland lakes and tributaries.
