about

I was born almost in the exact centre of England and as a direct result of that peculiar injustice I now live no more than 300 metres from the sea.

I have wanted to be an author since I realised that an actual person wrote The BFG and that was an actual job that people could do.

It took me a long time to get to the point of having a novel published. I eventually found my way by doing the MA in Creative Writing at Birkbeck, while also hanging out at The Poetry School. And working unglamorously hard. Everyone is on their own journey and I wish you luck with yours because luck, more than anything else, really is the vital ingredient.

Polari First Book Prize 2022

These Great Athenians was been shortlisted for the Polari First Book Prize.
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The Femnist Book Club Paris Podcast

Season 4 Episode 2: In conversation with Valentine Carter.
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Mechanics' Institute Review

Interview (warning: my giant face will loom up at you).
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Lucy Writers Platform

Interview with author Valentine Carter:'We know who we are because we know where we've come from'.
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Foyles blog

A post about my favourite three retellings of Greek myths.
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