Valerie Grove(née Smith, born 11 May 1946)[1]is a British journalist and author, who worked for many years as a feature writer, interviewer and columnist forThe Timesnewspaper.
Valerie Grove | |
|---|---|
| Born | Valerie Smith 11 May 1946 South Shields,England |
| Other names | Valerie Jenkins |
| Alma mater | Girton College, Cambridge |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist and author |
| Spouse(s) |
David Byrnmor Jenkins
(m.1968) |
Grove was born inSouth Shields.[2]Her father, William Douglas "Doug" Smith (1916–73), was a cartoonist for theShields Gazetteand other newspapers.[3]Grove was an undergraduate atGirton College, Cambridgefrom 1965, graduating fromCambridge Universityin 1968 with a degree in English.[4][5]She joined the LondonEvening Standardin the year of her graduation, initially working on the "Londoner's Diary"column,[6]then as a feature writer, eventually becoming the newspaper's literary editor for two spells (1979–81 and 1984–87). She left theStandardin 1987. After this, she wrote forThe Sunday Times(1987–91) andThe Times(1992–2014).
Grove's bookThe Compleat Woman: Marriage, Motherhood, Career - Can She Have it All?appeared in 1987. The volume contains interviews with prominent women of the time, married for at least 25 years and with three or more children.[7]
Grove is a biographer of the writersDodie Smith(1996),Laurie Lee(1999) andJohn Mortimer(2007).[8][9]So Much To Tell,a biography of the children's book editorKaye Webb,was published in May 2010.
Previously known professionally as Valerie Jenkins; she married David Byrnmor Jenkins in 1968, but the couple later divorced.[10](Her first bookWhere I Was Young - Memories of London Childhoodswas published in 1976, under her former name.) In 1975, she marriedTrevor Grove,[7]who is a former editor ofThe Sunday Telegraph.[9]
Bibliography
edit- Where I Was Young - Memories of London Childhoods(1975)
- The Compleat Woman: Marriage, Motherhood, Career - Can She Have it All?(1987)
- Dear Dodie(1996)
- Laurie Lee: The Well-Loved Stranger,(1999)
- A Voyage Round John Mortimer(2008)
- So Much To Tell(2010)
References
edit- ^"Birthdays".The Guardian.10 May 2014. p. 52.
- ^Grove, Valerie (2 August 2008)."Northern exposure helps David Miliband to grow".The Times.Retrieved2 February2018.(subscription required)
- ^"William Douglas Smith".British Cartoon Archive.Retrieved2 February2018.
- ^Grove, Valerie (16 October 2019)."Happy 150th birthday to the oldest Cambridge women's college!".The Oldie.Retrieved27 March2020.
- ^"Alumni Publications".Girton College, University of Cambridge.Retrieved27 March2020.
- ^Griffiths, Dennis, ed. (1992).The Encyclopedia of the British Press 1422–1992.London and Basingstoke: Macmillan. p. 280.
- ^abGroskop, Viv (3 March 2008)."Having it all".The Guardian.Retrieved2 February2018.
- ^Grove, Valerie (17 January 2009)."Rumpole creator John Mortimer dies at 85".The Times.Retrieved2 February2018.
- ^abAgent's biography page,United Agents.
- ^Jenkins, David (31 July 2008)."Literary doubles".Retrieved2 February2018.
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