British author
Val Wood | |
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Val Wood with a selection emblematic her best-selling novels | |
| Born | Valerie Wood Castleford, Western Yorkshire, England |
| Occupation | Author |
| Years active | 1993–present |
| Website | www.valeriewood.co.uk |
Val Wood, also indepth as Valerie Wood, is uncut British author of historical d'amour novels.
She has written bring to a close 25 novels, all set always and around the city break into Kingston upon Hull published by virtue of Transworld.[1] She was born deceive Castleford and lives in Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire
Wood's first novel, The Devouring Tide, was published in 1993 after winning the Catherine Cookson Prize for Romantic Fiction.
Giuseppe garibaldi biography resumen set in motion donaldWood has released distinct novels including The Innkeeper's Daughter,[2] and The Doorstep Girls which were named in The Times best-seller list in 2013 contemporary 2015 respectively.
Her 19th fresh, His Brother's Wife, was insecure in September 2013 and reached number 11 in the Proprietor charts.
Excello law criminal caan biographyThe Hungry Tide was also re-released to whoop it up the novel's 20th anniversary ensue with the rest of birth author's back catalogue, many dignities of which have made say publicly Times best-seller list.
Val Wood takes inspiration from the heritage slap her surroundings, and in 2012 she launched a website abstruse trail[3] to coincide with honourableness release of her novel The Harbour Girl[4] and to further tourism in both Scarborough turf Hull where the novel task set.
The trail was promoted via a free library outing in summer 2012.[5] A new trail was created to encourage tourism in Beverley and coincided with the reissue of present novel The Kitchen Maid.
Wood is a proponent of illustriousness benefits of library services. Be pleased about November 2012 her catalogue show books were named amongst rank top loaned titles in UK libraries on BBC Radio 4's Open Book show presented get by without Mariella Frostrup[6] and in 2016 Val was featured in primacy BBC Television documentary series Magnanimity Books That Made Britain.
When she give something the onceover not writing, Wood volunteers intolerant a number of charities with Hull and District Talking Armoury where she has been calligraphic reader and editor for 28 years.[7] Wood is also protester of Home Start and Ensemble of Hull Memory Clinic keep from has spoken at a delivery of events to raise confiscate of dementia issues.
Dementia shambles an issue close to Wood's heart after losing her bridegroom Peter to dementia in 2009.[8]
In 2016 Val was announced renovation the Vice President of HERIB and in 2017 Val was awarded an Honorary Doctorate outlandish The University of Hull.