Valencia G. Wallace Debuts Fiction with The Other Auntie, a Dark Louisiana Family Drama
- mjackson148
- Mar 17
- 1 min read
Valencia G. Wallace, bestselling author of the memoir Motherless Child, makes her fiction debut with The Other Auntie, Book 1 of The Auntie Diaries, a three-book psychological fiction series rooted in Louisiana culture and lived experience.
Published February 25, 2026, The Other Auntie follows two sisters in a Louisiana family where loyalty matters more than truth. Grace is the other auntie, the one who never quite gets it right. Naomi is the one everybody trusts. When Grace's addiction forces a family intervention, she makes a choice that should fix everything. Instead, it opens doors that were never meant to be unlocked.
Dark, unflinching, and uncomfortably real, The Other Auntie is a story about the cruelty that hides behind family loyalty and the cost of finally paying attention.
Early readers have responded viscerally, calling Naomi one of the most disturbingly recognizable villains they have encountered and praising Wallace's ability to write Black Southern family dynamics without apology or translation.
The Auntie Diaries series is part of Wallace's larger Louisiana Universe, a connected body of fiction spanning multiple genres rooted in the culture and generational memory of Louisiana.
The Other Auntie is available now on Direct 2 Author, https://www.direct2author.com/featured-books-2/the-other-auntie and Amazon in eBook and paperback.
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