Valerie Tripp

Valerie Tripp (born September 12, 1951, in Mount Kisco, New York) is an American children's book author best known for writing the majority of the American Girl historical fiction series for Pleasant Company, including the original books about Molly, Felicity, Kit, Josefina, and Nellie.

She graduated from Yale University, in its first co-educational class, and earned a Master of Education from Harvard University. Beyond American Girl, she has written the WellieWishers and Hopscotch Hill School series, and, for National Geographic Kids, the Izzy Newton and the S.M.A.R.T. Squad series. She lives in Silver Spring, Maryland.