Valerie Estelle Frankel is the author of the PJ Our Way book Chelm for the Hol­i­days with a sequel col­lec­tion of Jew­ish sci­fi short sto­ries for kids in the works. She’s the author of over 80 books on pop cul­ture, includ­ing Hunt­ing for Mean­ing in The Man­dalo­ri­an, Super­heroines and the Epic Jour­ney, and Who Tells Your Sto­ry? His­to­ry, Pop Cul­ture, and Hid­den Mean­ings in the Musi­cal Phe­nom­e­non Hamil­ton. Now edi­tor of the Jew­ish Sci­ence Fic­tion and Fan­ta­sy series for Lex­ing­ton Press, she’s seek­ing essays and books on the top­ic and just released the first, her own Jew­ish Sci­ence Fic­tion and Fan­ta­sy through 1945. Learn more at www​.vefrankel​.com