Valerie Everett

Name Valerie Everett
Email Address valerieanne@iinet.net.au
Profession author
Professional Services
Areas of Work
  • Children's
  • History
  • Nonfiction
  • Picture books
Country Australia
State WA
Suburb Mount Hawthorn
Address 12 Blackford Street
Website http://www.valerieeverett.com.au
Phone 08 9443 3638
Biography Valerie was born in Western Australia and has lived in this glorious state her entire life! She worked as a high school teacher in country and city schools before becoming a full-time mother. During her years at home she has concentrated on writing as well as raising two lovely children, and is now thrilled to be a published author.Her first children's book, The House that Was Built in a Day: Anzac Cottage, was a CBC Notable Book in 2008. She loves researching and writing stories to do with Western Australia's history and people and is currently working on two children's books. Valerie is happy to do presentations at schools, libraries or for community groups.
Publication History Seventy Years of Cheers: A History of the Paddington Ale House 1932-2002 (Published by the Paddington Ale House, 2002) Light in the Distance (self published by Optima Press, 2006) The House that Was Built in a Day: Anzac Cottage (Published by UWA Press, 2007)