East Anglian Writers

Valerie Grosvenor Myer died 9 August 2007

Contemporary Fiction

• The Butterfly House (Fern House 1998) Buy Now

Literary Fiction

• Culture Shock (Duckworth 1988)

Non-fiction (Life Studies)

• Harriette Wilson: Lady of Pleasure (Fern House 1999) Buy Now

• Obstinate Heart: Jane Austen, a Biography (Michael O'Mara 1997)

• A Victorian Lady in Africa: The Story of Mary Kingsley (Ashford 1989)

Non-Fiction (Literary Studies)

• The Continuum Encyclopaedia of British Literature (co-editor Steven Serafin) (2003) Buy Now

• Advanced College Reading (co-author) (Beijing Language and Culture University 1995)

• Margaret Drabble: A Reader's Guide (Vision Press 1991)

• Ten Great English Novelists (Vision 1990) Buy Now

• Charlotte Bronte: Truculent Spirit (Vision 1987) Buy Now

• Samuel Richardson: Passion and Prudence (ed) (Vision 1986) Buy Now

• Laurence Sterne: Riddles and Mysteries (ed) (Vision 1984) Buy Now

• Jane Austen (Blackie 1980)

• Margaret Drabble: Puritanism and Permissiveness (Vision 1974)

Biography

Valerie went to Newnham College, Cambridge, as a mature student. In 1988 she went to China as a university lecturer and escaped under gunfire after the TienAnMen Square incident. She has also worked in Sierra Leone. She has been a literary editor.