Valerie Brandes is a British publisher who is the founder and CEO of Jacaranda Books, a diversity-led publishing house established in 2012.
[1] She was born in London, and studied American and Commonwealth Arts[2] before taking a master's degree in Publishing Studies.
[1] She worked for the publishing companies Barnes and Noble[2] and Profile Books,[1] before setting up Jacaranda Books.
Brandes was listed consecutively in the Powerlist 2018[3] and Powerlist 2019[4][5] as one of the 100 most influential black Britons.
In June 2021, she was an invited speaker at the online London Book Fair.