Valeen Tippetts Avery | |
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| Born | Valeen Tippetts December 22, 1936 Great Falls, Montana, U.S. |
| Died | April 7, 2006 (aged 69) Flagstaff, Arizona, U.S. |
| Spouse(s) | Charles C. Avery (m. 1961-1986; divorced) Bryan Collier Short (m. 1996) |
| Children | 4 |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Rocky Mountain College |
| Academic work | |
| Main interests | Western American and Latter Day Saint history |
| Notable works | Mormon Enigma: Emma Hale Smith |
Valeen Tippetts Avery (December 22, 1936 – April 7, 2006) was an American biographer and historian of Western American and Latter Day Saint history. With biographer Linda King Newell, she co-authored Mormon Enigma: Emma Hale Smith, a biography of the wife of the founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Joseph Smith.