Valentina Zhuravlyova

{{Short description|Soviet science fiction writer, 1933–2004}}

{{Infobox writer

| name = Valentina Zhuravlyova

| image = Valentina Jouravleva.jpg

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1933|07|17|df=y}}

| birth_place = Baku, Azerbaijani SSR, Soviet Union

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2004|03|12|1933|07|17|df=y}}

| death_place = Petrozavodsk, Karelia, Russia

| occupation = Writer

| language = Russian

| spouse = Genrich Altshuller

| alma_mater = Baku Medical Institute

}}

Valentina Nikolayevna Zhuravlyova ({{langx|ru|Валентина Николаевна Журавлёва}}, July 17, 1933 – March 12, 2004) was a Soviet science fiction writer born in Baku, Azerbaijan.{{Cite web |title=VALENTINA ZHURAVLYOVA - THE 90TH ANNIVERSARY |url=https://www.matriz-official.net/index.php/2-uncategorised/58-valentina-zhuravlyova-90 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241002114129/https://www.matriz-official.net/index.php/2-uncategorised/58-valentina-zhuravlyova-90 |archive-date=2024-10-02 |access-date=2024-10-02 |website=MATRIZ Official - The International TRIZ Official Association}}

Valentina Zhuravlyova was the wife of Genrich Altshuller, the inventor of TRIZ and a science fiction writer himself. They wrote many stories together, but because of anti-Semitic restrictions, they were published under the single name of Valentina Zhuravlyova.{{Cite web |title=Olga Larionova and Valentina Zhuravleva: Russian and East European Science Fiction |url=https://www.swarthmore.edu/russian-and-east-european-science-fiction/olga-larionova-and-valentina-zhuravleva |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241002114719/https://www.swarthmore.edu/russian-and-east-european-science-fiction/olga-larionova-and-valentina-zhuravleva |archive-date=2024-10-02 |access-date=2024-10-02 |website=Swarthmore College}}