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Valerie Thornhill  

is known internationally as an art historian but has now fulfilled a long-held ambition to move into the world of fiction.

Her first work of fiction was The Children of Kumbhalgarh, a diverse collection of non-autobiographical short stories inspired by her extensive travels and friends around the world.

This success was followed by The Tycoon's Tale, a modern version of Dickens' A Christmas Carol, telling with humour and insight a compelling story of a multi-millionaire who is forced to question his role as an international financier and his neglect of family life.

Cynthia Loves Her Fiat 500 is a brief story which brings the heady atmosphere of 1960s Rome vividly to life through the eyes of two young English girls.

In Restoration, recently published by Austin & Macauley, is a finalist for the People's Book Prize for Fiction 2012

Read Valerie Thornhill's blog  http://pandoraboxing.wordpress.com

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Valerie Thornhill
In Restoration by Valerie Thornhill Cynthia Lovers Her Fiat 500 by Valerie Thornhill  The Children of Kumbhalgarh by Valerie Thornhill  The Tycoon's Tale by Valerie Thornhill 
       

In Restoration

Cynthia loves her Fiat 500

The Children of Kumbhalgarh

The Tycoon's Tale

 

Valerie Thornhill distils gentile satire from the hilarious experiences of two young British women in 1960s Rome, confronted by the heady blend of fashion culture and Latin masculinity, centred round the purchase of a Fiat 500.