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GREAT COVER DESIGN BY DAVE BARRY My journey through the publshing industry 1980's onward. thanks. happy holidays. AV

JUST OUT-- paperback edition of Anthony Valerio's award-winning-- CONFESSIONS OF AN ASPIRING PORNOGRAPHER

my book John Dante's Inferno contains adult content.

"Anthony Valerio's biography of John Dante, Hugh Hefner's second-in-command at *Playboy* and the Great Libertine's best friend for over 40 years, is like no other book I have read. Deft and clever, literate and highly readable."

cover for my memoir about the the great woman, author, media & political activist Toni Cade Bambara.

cover for my biography of Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis. "Read this book, men and women alike. It is one of Valerio's best."--Rebecca West, emeritus, University of Chicago

my book BEFORE THE SIDEWALK ENDED is about my friendship and work with the great children's book author and artist SHEL SILVERSTEIN. We used to take work walks in Greenwich Village in the 1980's till his passing in 1999. miss you, Shel.

thanks to friends & family here & gone. 2024 A.V.😍

bio by Anthony Valerio of pioneering Dr. Igaz Semmelweis appropriate today. He coined: Wash Your Hands! & was killed for it. SEMMELWEIS, THE WOMAN'S DOCTOR