Veronica Henry (born 1963) is a Sunday Times bestselling British novelist, TV script writer and journalist. She has sold over 2.5 million copies of her books worldwide in 25 languages and 30 territories. In 2014, her novel ''A Night on the Orient Express'' won the

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by the

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Biography

Veronica Henry was educated at the

Royal High School, Bath Royal High School Bath is a private day and boarding school for girls located in Bath, Somerset, England. Established in 1998 from the merger of two older schools, the Royal School (founded in 1864) and Bath High School (founded in 1875), it e ...

then went on to the

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to study Latin. From there she went to the

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to work as Production Secretary on ''

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''. Her duties ranged from organising Shula Archer's wedding photographs with

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to playing the part of Peaches the

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in the Cat and Fiddle. She also wrote scripts for the programme. She then went to Central Television to script-edit ''

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'' and '' Boon''. She left to have her first child in 1990, and became a scriptwriter. Her credits include ''Boon'', '' Heartbeat'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''Holby''. In 2000 she turned to writing novels, and in 2002, her first book, ''Honeycote'', was published by

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(UK). Her other publishers include

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(UK) and

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(US). She has published over 20 bestselling novels. On 17 March 2014, ''A Night on the Orient Express'' won Romantic Novel of the Year, and her award was presented by

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."Veronica Henry Wins Romantic Novel of the Year Award"
RNA, 16 March 2014. She was a guest on episode 3 of season 3 of the house-hunting show ''Fantasy Homes by the Sea'' hosted by

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. She has three grown up sons and lives on the coast in North Devon.

Bibliography

The Honeycote novels

:1. ''Honeycote'' (2002) — republished in the UK as ''A Country Christmas'' (2018) :2. ''Making Hay'' (2003) — republished in the UK as ''A Country Life'' (2018) :3. ''Just A Family Affair'' (2008) — republished in the UK as ''A Country Wedding'' (2018)

The Beach Hut novels

* ''The Beach Hut'' (2010) * ''The Beach Hut Next Door'' (2014) * ''Christmas at the Beach Hut'' (2018) * ''A Wedding at the Beach Hut'' (2020)

Standalone novels

*''Wild Oats'' (2004) *''An Eligible Bachelor'' (2005) *''Love on the Rocks'' (2006) * ''Marriage And Other Games'' (2009) * ''The Birthday Party'' (2010) * ''The Long Weekend'' (2012) * ''A Night on the Orient Express'' (2013) * ''High Tide'' (2015) * ''How to Find Love in a Bookshop'' (2016) * ''The Forever House'' (2017) * ''A Family Recipe'' (2018) * ''A Home From Home'' (2019) * ''The Impulse Purchase'' (2022) * ''Thirty Days in Paris'' (2023) * ''The Secret Beach'' (2024)

Novellas & short stories

* ''A Sea Change'' - a Quick Read (2013) * ''Christmas at the Crescent'' – an ebook novella(2013) * ''The Apple Orchard'' – an ebook short story (2017) * ''A Day at the Beach Hut'' – a collection of short stories and recipes (2021)

References

External links

The Internet Movie Database list of UK TV Scripts as Veronica Henry

The Internet Movie Database list of UK TV Scripts as Ronnie Henry

Shortlisted for the 2006 RNA book award

List of music contributions during 1980's and 1990s on Discogs.com

Interview for Orion Books with Danuta Kean

Published articles by Veronica Henry
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