Valerie Tripp

And then because they're basically the same.

age and they were treated like twins they needed to get the same thing because otherwise I think they'd be jealous of each other so it was weird that now we have three Samantha's in my household but we do and yeah we just we all really loved her a lot I will say to me referencing this whole like 40 years of you know American Girl talk your episode with Valerie Tripp is what inspired me to make that into a lecture because I listened to your talk and that was the first episode of the podcast that I came across and And it was so great.

I remember listening to it on my commute and being like, oh, my God, I want to read everything I possibly can about this origin of this company and everything.

And that really gave me the inspiration to create a talk.

Hi.

I met Valerie Tripp, the author of American Girls, at a, um, author talk a couple weeks ago.

Oh, wait.

Is that the one who's, who's got the new book out, Samantha: The Next Chapter?

Uh, 100%.

Thank you.

I think Valerie Tripp lives in the area.

She does?