Veronica Henry was educated at the
Royal High School, Bath then went on to the
University of Bristol to study Latin. From there she went to the
BBC to work as Production Secretary on
The Archers. Her duties ranged from organising Shula Archer's wedding photographs with
Patrick Lichfield to playing the part of Peaches the
barmaid in the Cat and Fiddle. She also wrote scripts for the programme. She then went to Central Television to script-edit
Crossroads and
Boon. She left to have her first child in 1990, and became a scriptwriter. Her credits include
Boon,
Heartbeat,
Doctors,
Family Affairs and
Holby. In 2000 she turned to writing novels, and in 2002, her first book,
Honeycote, was published by
Penguin Books (UK). Her other publishers include
Orion Books (UK) and
Random House (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
Darcey Bussell . She was a guest on episode 3 of season 3 of the house-hunting show
Fantasy Homes by the Sea hosted by
Jenni Falconer. She has three grown up sons and lives on the coast in North Devon. ==Bibliography==