Valerie Rose is an American author, model and filmmaker. She is CEO of Roses Are READ Productions, LLC. Her film and television work includes appearances in Greenleaf, The Quad, Star, Chicago P.D., Mogadishu Minnesota, In an Instant, Dear White People, House of Tomorrow, The Chi, Tuscaloosa, and Wilson, among others.
Career
Rose began her career as a software developer programming mainframe computers for a fortune 500 company in Minneapolis. She later transitioned into technical writing and then left to start her own company, Roses Are READ Productions, LLC. Rose served for seven years as Editor-in-Chief for Inside Region 3, a U.S. government publication and the ghost writer for the Midwest Regional Director. Rose's novel, Cappuccino in the Winter, was published in 1999 by Avid Press, LLC. The book was later republished with the same title and a different cover under Roses Are READ Productions, LLC. Rose followed up her debut novel with a children's book, The Family Reunion Is Not A Real Vacation. Rose's third book, You Better Recognize! A Spiritual Guide Because Life’s A Trip, was a Minnesota Book Award Nominee. It was followed by Dream Your Dream Getting Your Writing Out There! Rose began modeling in 2011. She worked on a number of television projects including, Oprah Winfrey's Greenleaf, BET's The Quad, Lee Daniel's Star, Chicago P.D., HBO's Mogadishu Minnesota, ABC's In an Instant, The Learning Channel's Randy to the Rescue, and in the TV pilots, For Art's Sake, produced by Tim Gaetz and Brothers produced by E.G. Bailey and Sha Cage, among others. She has also appeared in a number of films including, Dear White People, House of Tomorrow, Run, Blue Balloons, Torpedo the Damned and Wilson starring Woody Harrelson and directed by Craig Johnson of the Skeleton Twins. Rose created and hosted a Minneapolis Television Network travel show entitled Just Escape. She is also the developer and screenwriter for an animation project and two films: The Triangleheads, Hope Sessions and The Pink Visitor. The latter two premiered at the Theatres at the Mall of America as part of The 50 Fifty Reel Challenge. Her work has also been screened at the New Filmmakers New York film festival.
