Valerie Parv is a popular Australian writer of over 53 romance novel

Romance novel

The romance novel is a literary genre developed in Western culture, mainly in English-speaking countries. Novels in this genre place their primary focus on the relationship and romantic love between two people, and must have an "emotionally satisfying and optimistic ending." Through the late...

s. She published her novels in Mills & Boon

Mills & Boon

Mills & Boon is a British publisher of romance novels. It was founded in 1908, and was independent until its purchase in 1971 by Harlequin Enterprises with whom the company had had a long informal partnership...

's since 1982.

Biography

Valerie Parv married Paul, who was a crocodile hunter in the tropical north of Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

. They lived for some years in Sydney

Sydney

Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...

. Her husband became a cartoonist, and they moved to the capital city, Canberra

Canberra

Canberra is the capital city of Australia. With a population of over 345,000, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest city overall. The city is located at the northern end of the Australian Capital Territory , south-west of Sydney, and north-east of Melbourne...

.

Valerie published her first novels in 1982. She is recognised as a media spokesperson for all things romantic in Australia.

Single Novels

• Love's greatest gamble (1982)
• Bound for Kosciusko (1982)
• Remember Me, My Love (1983)
• The Tall Dark Stranger (1983)
• Dreaming Dunes (1984)
• Man and Wife (1985)
• Heartbreak Plains (1985)
• Ask Me No Questions (1985)
• The Love Artist (1986)
• Return to Faraway (1986)
• Boss of Yarrakina (1986)
• The Leopard Tree (1987)
• Snowy River Man (1987)
• Man Shy (1987)
• Sapphire Nights (1987)
• Centerfold (1988)
• Man without a Past (1988)
• Crocodile Creek (1988)
• Tasmanian Devil (1989)
• Lightning's Lady (1990)
• That Midas Man (1990)
• A Fair Exchange (1991)
• Far from Over (1991)
• Island of Dreams (1992)
• Love Like Gold (1992)
• Lovers' Moon (1993)
• Flight of Fancy (1993)
• Outback Temptation (1994)
• Flight of Fantasy (1994)
• P.S. I Love You (1995)
• A Reluctant Attraction (1995)
• Sister of the Bride (1996)
• A Royal Romance (1996)
• Kissed by a Stranger (1997)
• The Princess and the Playboy (1998)
• Interrupted Lullaby (2001)
• The Prince's Proposal (2002)
• Desert Justice (2006)

Baby Chase Series

1. The Billionaire's Baby Chase (1997)
2. Baby Wishes and Bachelor Kisses (1998)

Carramer Crown Sub-Series

1. The Monarch's Son (2000)
2. The Prince's Bride-To-Be (2000)
3. The Princess's Proposal (2000)

Carramer Legacy Sub-Series

1. Crowns and a Cradle (2002)
2. The Baron and the Bodyguard (2002)
3. The Marquis and the Mother-To-Be (2002)

Carramer Trust Sub-Series

1. The Viscount and the Virgin (2003)
2. The Princess and the Masked Man (2003)
3. The Prince and the Marriage Pact (2003)
4. Operation: Monarch (2004)

Code of the Outback Series

1. Deadly Intent (2004)
2. Heir to Danger (2004)
3. Live to Tell (2004)

Omnibus In Collaboration

• To Wed a Royal (2002) (with Carla Cassidy
  Carla Cassidy
  Carla Cassidy, née Carla Bracale is a popular American writer of over 80 romance novels since 1988, she start signed her novels as Carla Bracale , and now she signs her novels as Carla Cassidy...
  
  )
• Operation - Monarch / Bulletproof Bride (2004) (with Diana Duncan)
• Shotgun Honeymoon / Heir to Danger (2004) (with Terese Ramin)
• Live to Tell / Racing Against the Clock (2004) (with Lori Wilde
  Lori Wilde
  Lori Wilde is an American author of contemporary romance novels. She has also written under the name Laura Anthony.-Biography:Wilde wrote her first short story at age eight, and finished her first novel four years later. At sixteen, she submitted a story to Alfred Hitchcock Magazine. Although it...
  
  )
• Dangerous Memories / Deadly Intent (2005) (with Barbara Colley
  Barbara Colley
  Barbara Ann Logan Colley is a romance and mystery novelist based in New Orleans, Louisiana. Her recent work is centered on the fictitious "Charlotte LaRue", the subject of a series of mysteries. She has written more than a dozen novels which have been published in some seventeen languages....
  
  )

Non fiction

• The changing face of Australia: The impact of 200 years of change on our environment (1984)
• The Art of Romance Writing: How to Create, Write And Sell Your Contemporary Romance Novel (1993)
• The Idea Factory: A Guide to More Creative Thinking And Writing (1996)