Val Wood
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| Born | Valerie Wood Castleford, West Yorkshire, England |
| Occupation | Author |
| Years active | 1993–present |
| Website | www |
Val Wood (also known as Valerie Wood) is a British author of historical romance novels. She has written over 18 novels, all set in and around the city of Hull published by Transworld.[1] She was born in Castleford and lives in Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire
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Literary career
Wood's first novel, The Hungry Tide, was published in 1993 after winning the Catherine Cookson Prize for Romantic Fiction. Wood has released many novels including The Innkeeper's Daughter,[2] which was named in The Times best-seller list in 2013.
Her 19th novel His Brother's Wife was released in September 2013 and reached number 11 in the Bookseller charts. The Hungry Tide was also re-released to celebrate the novel's 20th anniversary along with the rest of the author's back catalogue, many titles of which have made the Times best-seller list.
Support for tourism and libraries
Val Wood takes inspiration from the heritage of her surroundings and in 2012 she launched a website and trail[3] to coincide with the release of her novel The Harbour Girl [4] and to promote tourism in both Scarborough and Hull where the novel is set. The trail was promoted via a free library tour[5] in summer 2012.
Wood is a proponent of the benefits of library services. In November 2012 her catalogue of books were named amongst the top loaned titles in UK libraries on BBC Radio 4's Open Book show presented by Mariella Frostrup.[6]
Background and personal life
When she is not writing, Wood volunteers for a number of charities including Hull and District Talking Magazine where she has been a reader and editor for 28 years.[7] Wood is also patron of Home Start and Friends of Hull Memory Clinic and has spoken at a number of events to raise awareness of dementia issues. Dementia is an issue close to Wood's heart after losing her husband Peter to dementia in 2009.[8]
Books
- The Hungry Tide (1993)
- Annie (1994)
- Children of the Tide (1996)
- The Romany Girl (1998) – also published as The Gypsy Girl
- Emily (1999)
- Going Home (2000)
- Rosa's Island (2001)
- The Doorstep Girls (2002)
- Far from Home (2003)
- The Kitchen Maid (2004)
- The Songbird (2005)
- Nobody's Child (2006)
- Fallen Angels (2007)
- The Long Walk Home (2008)
- Rich Girl, Poor Girl (2009)
- Homecoming Girls (2010)
- The Harbour Girl (2011)
- The Innkeeper's Daughter (2012)
- His Brother's Wife (2013)
- Every Mother's Son (2014)
- Little Girl Lost (2015)
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External links
- Val Wood's Official Website
- Val Wood's Harbour Girl Trail
- Val Wood - Profile at Random House Publishers
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- Year of birth missing (living people)
- Living people
- People from Castleford
- English women novelists
- 20th-century English novelists
- 21st-century English novelists
- English historical novelists
- English romantic fiction writers
- Writers of historical romances
- British Book Award winners
- 21st-century women writers
- 20th-century women writers
- Women historical novelists
- Women romantic fiction writers
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