Valorie Lee Schaefer
Valorie Lee Schaefer is the author of The New York Times bestseller The Care & Keeping of You: The Body Book for Girls, an advice book for pre-teens. She’s the mother of two 20-something daughters who heroically navigate a nonstop stream of maternal advice. Currently based in St. Louis, she lives with her photographer husband and a pair of amped-up, reactive dogs who refuse to take advice from anyone.
How to Keep Your Day Ones, Real Ones, and the Best Friends in Between
The author behind The Care and Keeping of You, the ultimate guide to growing up, gives her best advice for sustaining friendships for life.
Aug 4, 2024
I Wrote The Care and Keeping of You for Girls. This Wasn’t the Future I Imagined for Them.
In honor of its 25th anniversary, author Valorie Lee Schaefer looks back at the book’s origin story—and why its message is more essential than ever.
Aug 22, 2023
