Valerie Lester was a scholar, writer, biographer, and translator. The story of her life and death is told in Absolutely Delicious: A Chronicle of Extraordinary Dying by Alison Jean...view moreValerie Lester was a scholar, writer, biographer, and translator. The story of her life and death is told in Absolutely Delicious: A Chronicle of Extraordinary Dying by Alison Jean Lester.view less