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Valerie Anne Hudson

After teaching for 25 years, Val is now retired and happy to spend her days writing. Ideas of stories for young adults and middle schoolers are constantly rattling around in her head, which can be somewhat of an interference when she’s working at her other job: serious copywriting gigs for grownups. Based in Ontario, Canada, Val is a truly awful cook but a voracious reader.

The Marquis' Daughters: In the Shadow of the Guillotine

For teen / YA readers 13 +

In the time of the French Revolution, the daughter of an aristocrat inadvertently switches places with her lady's maid, who unbeknownst to her is her illegitimate half-sister. The story follows the separate paths of the two girls as they struggle to survive in the violent and unpredictable world of the Revolution, both in fear of the ever-present threat of the guillotine.

Runaway Princess

For Young Adults 13+

Princess Louise-Marie feels trapped in the Royal Palace, with a father who loves death sentences, and a mother who worships her hairdresser. As she struggles to step out of her identity as Princess, her life is turned topsy-turvy. Caught in the politics of inheriting the throne, Louise is faced with several questions. Was somebody plotting to kill her brother, the future King? Why were the commoners on the street begging for bread? Would she always be stuck within these walls, being a ‘good girl’?