Valerie Frankel, 1088 Colton Ave.
teacher and writerSunnyvale, CA 94089
408-314-9308
Curriculum Vitae: Valerie Estelle Frankel
Lecturer, Composition 1A and 1B,2005-2009. San JoseStateUniversity, San Jose, CA
MFA in Creative Writing, Fiction and Nonfiction, Department of English, San Jose State University 2004.
BA in English: Creative Writing: Minors in Spanish and Education, University of California, Davis 2002.
Published Books
Teaching with Harry Potter in the Internet Age, McFarland. 2012. (Edited Anthology under Contract)
Harry Potter: Still Recruiting, Zossima Press. 2012. (Edited Anthology under Contract)
Buffy and the Heroine’s Journey, McFarland. 2012. (Under Contract)
Katniss the Cattail: An Unauthorized Guide to Names and Symbols in The Hunger Games. 2012.
From Girl to Goddess: The Heroine’s Journey through Myth and Legend, McFarland. 2010.
Henry Potty and the Deathly Paper Shortage, July 2008. Dream Realm Award.
Henry Potty and the Pet Rock,2006 and 2010. Indie Excellence Award and National Best Book.
Published Essays
“Reflections in a Plastic Mirror”Of Bread and Blood:Essays onThe Hunger GamesTrilogy.Forthcoming.
“Staying in School” Television’s Glee and Teen Culture. Forthcoming.
“What Happened to Alice” Inhabited by Stories: Critical Essays on Tales Retold. Forthcoming.
“Sidekicks or Heroines? Lana, Lois, Kara, and Chloe” Smallville Collection. Forthcoming.
“All Dolled Up: Every Girl’s Fantasy,” Inside Joss’ Dollhouse: From Alpha to Rossum, SmartPop, October 2010.
“The Double-Sided Wardrobe: The Hero’s and Heroine’s Journey through Narnia,”Doors in the Air: C. S. Lewis and the Imaginative World, PortalEditions, 2009.
“Harry Potter, Frodo Baggins, and Captain Jack Harkness: More than just a Hero’s Journey” & “Gwen’s Evil Stepmother: Concerning Gloves and Magic Slippers,” Reading the Rift, Bournemouth University. McFarland & Co., 2009.
“Reinventing Eve: Bible and Myth Reborn in Harry Potter and His Dark Materials”: New Myth vol. 1: The Society for New Language Study, Midwestern State University, 2009.
“Of Wands and Spyglasses: The Hero and Heroine’s Journey,” Topic: The Washington & Jefferson College Review vol. 57. 2008.
“Fantasy’s Rebirth: Reconciling the Hero’s and Heroine’s Journeys,” Phoenix Rising: Collected Papers on Harry Potter, Narrate Conferences, 2008.
Conference Papers
“The Heroine’s Journey” Area: Mythology in Contemporary Culture. Presented at The Popular Culture Association National Conference. San Antonio, TX, 2011.
“Exploring Narnia: The Hero’s and Heroine’s Journey in Concert.” Presented at The 41st Annual Mythopoeic Conference. Dallas, TX. 2010.
“But I am the Chosen One: Buffy and Harry.” Presented at Infinitus 2010: A Harry Potter Symposium. Orlando, FL 2010.
“From Girl to Goddess: The Heroine’s Quest.” Presented at The Bay Area Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention. Santa Clara, CA. 2010.
“Forever Cycling: The Heroine’s Journey in Nature” Presented at Women and Mythology 2010: The Association for the Study of Women in Mythology. Bangor, PA. 2010.
“Why Don’t More Girls Carry Swords? The Heroine’s Journey,” Presented at Sirens: An Academic Conference on Women in Fantasy Literature, Vail, Colorado, October 1-4, 2009.
“The Mythology of Discworld” and “The Hero’s and Heroine’s Journey” Presented at The Discworld Convention Sept 4-7, 2009 Tempe, AZ
“The Real Hallows: Sex Secrets, Arthurian Artifacts, and Death’s Dominion,” Presented at Azkatraz 2009: A Harry Potter Symposium, San Francisco, CA, 2009.
“Reinventing Eve: Bible and Myth Reborn in Harry Potter and His Dark Materials,” International Conference of the Fantastic in the Arts 30, 2009, Orlando, Florida.
“Cordial and Pigtails: The Heroine’s Journey in Modern Media,” Presented at 2008 Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association Convention, Reno, Nevada, 2008.
“Harry Potter and the Redefinition of the Hero’s Journey,” Presented atPortus 2008: A Harry Potter Symposium, Dallas, Texas, 2008.
“The Horcrux of the Matter: External Souls in Folk Tales,” Presented at Prophecy 2007: From Hero to Legend: The Annual Harry Potter Conference, Toronto, 2007.
“Fantasy’s Rebirth: Reconciling the Hero’s and Heroine’s Journeys,” Presented at Phoenix Rising, New Orleans, 2007.
“Chakram and Pigtails: The Heroine’s Journey in Modern Media,”Presented at the World Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention, LA, 2006.
“Snatching the Ring from his Finger: The Heroine’s Mythic Journey” Presented at the 41st Annual Comparative Literature Conference, CSU Long Beach, 2006.
”To Be Verbs and How Not to Use Them” Presented at the 2004 Annual Association of Writers and Writing Programs conference, Chicago, IL 2004.
“Pillars of Strength: Exploring the Male and Female Archetypes” Presented at the 30th Annual World Fantasy Convention, Tempe, AZ 2004.
Short Fiction
“Gilgamesh”Foliate Oak. Feb 2007.
“Gilgamesh”Rosebud Magazine. Spring 2005.
“Sungauyak, Bear Cub, and Volcano Woman”Story Station.Spring 2005.
“The Wedding Day”Lodestar Quarterly.Spring 2005.
“Gilgamesh”Riverwalk Journal. January/February 2005.
“Dick and Jane Grow Up”The Oklahoma Review.Fall 2004.
“Spirit Shaper” Gryphonwood.Fall 2004.
“What Do Genies Wish For?” Beyond Centauri.October 2004.
“One Wish”Story Station.October 2004.
“Gilgamesh”The Writers Publishing.June 2004.
“Mermaid Tale”Twilight Times.April 2004.
“Real Affection”Aoife’s Kiss.June 2003.
“Star Child”Scifantastic.March 2003.
“Jhara’s Tale” Success by Design. March 2003.
“Mermaid Tale”Aoife’s Kiss.January 2003.
“Tough Alliances”The Kings of the Night. (Anthology) December 2003.
“Real Affection”Wondrous Web Worlds 4. (Anthology) December 2003.
“A Thief in Need”In the Outposts of Beyond.(Anthology) June 2003.
“Real Affection”Portals (Anthology) June 2003
“Tea and Company”Legends of the Pendragon.(Anthology) August 2002.
“Gilgamesh”Surfacing. June 2001.
“Gilgamesh”Seele, the UC Davis Literary Journal. May 2000.
“One Wish”Spellbound Magazine, Fall 2000
“Tattercoats”Fables Magazine. Fall 2000
Reviews
Book Reviews published in New Pages, Zealot, Sun Oasis, PebbleLake Review, Poet’s Haven, SF Crowsnest, Strange Horizons, and others. Staff Reviewer for Rambles Cultural Arts.
Magazine Editor
Seele, Voyeur Arts, The Sneeze, & Writing Life
Writing Awards
Written Art Award 2009, Dream Realm Award 2008, National Indie Excellence Award 2008, USA Book News National Best Book 2007,San JoseStateUniversityPhelan Award 2004.
Memberships
The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Broad Universe, Bay Area Science Fiction Association, Mythopoeic Society, Pop Culture Association, Western Folklore, Association of Women in Mythology, National Women’s Studies Association.