Lesbian poet and novelist Valerie Taylor (1913-1997) was born Velma Nacella Young and also published as Nacella Young and Francine Davenport. Her publishers included Naiad Press, Banned Books, Universal, Fawcett, Womanpress, Ace and Midwood-Tower. Writing as Valerie Taylor, she was one of the most prominent of the authors of lesbian pulp fiction during the second half of the 20th Century. Her novels are considered classics.