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The Poet - Valerie Bloom

• Valerie Bloom was born in Clarendon, Jamaica in 1956.
• She moved to England in 1979 and currently lives in Kent.
• She is a poet and novelist who writes poems and stories for children, conducts writing courses and visits schools to share her experiences and talent in writing because she enjoys teaching children.
• She also edits a number of collections and her poems have been published in more than 200 anthologies.
• She was appointed as Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 2008.