Valerie Wilding

Author of books, Children's author, Ghostwriter, Non-fiction

Also writes as

Phoebe Bright, Val Wilding, Charlotte Allin and a secret name!

www.valeriewilding.co.uk

Booking enquiry

Available for

Interview, Commission a book

Audiences

Age 5 to 7, Age 7 to 11, Age 11 to 14

Genres

Biography, Fiction, Fiction narrative, Historical fiction, History, Humour, Narrative non-fiction, Non-Fiction

Book types

Any, Fiction for children, Fiction 8-13, Non-fiction for children

Organisations

Society of Authors

Details

I love writing narrative non-fiction, fiction and non-fiction books for young people, and enjoy the challenge of writing for different ages, too. History's my passion and I've written several books in this genre, such as ‘No Way Back’ and ‘Cleopatra’. A love story, called 'Playing With My Heart', and 'I Was There... Shakespeare's Globe', for younger children, are both set around Shakespeare's famous theatre. It's exciting to tackle a whole new topic, and I love researching at historical sites like the Tower of London - one of my favourite places, as readers of 'Bloody Tower' and 'To Kill a Queen' will realise. There's a bit of a Tudor theme in my work, too. I can't keep away from the 16th century for long!

My fiction is generally light-hearted. I like to bring touches of humour to all my work - even books about dinosaurs! And in celebration of the bicentenary of the birth of Charles Dickens, I hope I brought loads of humour to my original retellings of ten of his stories in ‘Oliver Twist And Other Tales That Will Make You Ask For More!’

Over the past few years, I've turned my hand to ghost-writing fiction books for younger readers and I've been surprised by how much I enjoy it, and how much I learn from it. So, fiction, fact, narrative non-fiction, ghostwriting - I love it all, and am always up for the challenge of something new. Like my latest books: non-fiction, highly-illustrated books with a large dash of humour!

Books by Valerie Wilding

I've written more than a hundred books for all ages, including:

9781529089639

On author's website

This is Our World: Celebrate With Us

Twenty children from around the world tell us about the feasts, festivals and customs they enjoy. They invite you to join special celebrations, like New Year's Eve in Ukraine, a desert festival in the Sahara, or a lively monkey buffet in Thailand! Dance, sing and nibble your way through twenty celebrations.

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Waterstones

9781526362995 h/b

Little Elizabeth

A fun, feminist and colourful picture book telling the story of the young Princess Elizabeth, who became England's longest-reigning monarch - Queen Elizabeth II.

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Waterstones

9781526361905

Fabulously Feisty Queens

A funny and feminist picture book about amazing, clever and brave queens throughout the centuries.

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Waterstones

9781407145068

I Was There... Shakespeare's Globe

It’s 1604 and Billy Watkins longs to be back in the bustle of London and the Globe playhouse. When an acting company arrives, he’ll do anything to make his dream come true!

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9781407164007

Wartime Princess

Princess Margaret's diary tells the story of the wartime romance between the young Princess Elizabeth and handsome Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark.

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9781407104614

Road to War

It's 1917, and when Daffy Rowntree's brother goes missing in action, she refuses to sit safely in England. Soon she finds herself driving an ambulance in the mud and horror of the Great War, transporting the wounded of the trenches.

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9781407138947

Playing With My Heart

Apprentice Kit is besotted with his master’s daughter, Patience. But she only has eyes for Jeremy de la Motte, a handsome, exciting boy actor at Shakespeare’s Globe. Is Jeremy the one for her? Patience thinks so, but others aren’t so sure.

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9781407116853

Bloody Tower

Tilly lives in the Tower of London through the turbulent years when the throne passes from one to another of Henry VIII's offspring and to a young, doomed Lady Jane. As plots unfold, she waits for her chance to deliver a very important letter.

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Keywords

ANCIENT GREECE ANIMALS C16TH CELEBRATIONS CLEOPATRA DICKENS DINOSAURS ELIZABETH I ELIZABETH II GLOBE GREEK OLYMPICS HISTORY MAGIC MONARCHY NARRATIVE NON-FICTION PRINCESSES QUEENS ROME & EGYPT SHAKESPEARE TIME TRAVEL TOWER OF LONDON TRANSPORTATION TUDORS VICTORIANS WWI WWII