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Veronica Henry is an author, TV script writer and journalist. She has written seven novels, published by publishers including; Penguin Books (UK), Orion Books (UK) and Random House (USA).

Her UK script writing TV credits include Boon , Heartbeat , Doctors , Family Affairs, Crossroads and Holby City

She was educated both in the USA and the UK. She attended but was expelled from the Royal School for Daughters of Officers of the Army, moving eventually on to the University of Bristol to study Classics.

Her first job in the media was with the BBC where she secured a job on The Archers, her duties ranged from organising Shula Archer’s wedding photographs with Patrick Lichfield to acting the part of Peaches the barmaid in the Cat and Fiddle. She also wrote several episodes for this radio show.

From there she went to Central Television to script-edit Crossroads and Boon . She then left to have her first child and became a scriptwriter, writing for UK television. In 2000, her first book was published by Penguin Books. She is a member of the Holby City writing team.

Veronica Henry lives in North Devon with her husband and their three sons.

‘Marriage and Other Games’ has been listed (14th December, 2009) in the final top 20 for ‘Romantic Novel of the Year Award’ by the Romantic Novelists' Association for 2010. This is the second time this author has been nominated, the previous time was in 2006 where 'An Eligible Bachelor' made the shortlist.

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