Book description
songwriter, winning quiz show contestant, dog trainer, college
extension-class instructor, and antique restorer. She's built dulcimers
and a psaltery, laid bricks and tile, designed stained-glass windows,
roofed a house, decorated store windows for the holidays, helped pour
cement, raised fancy guinea pigs and finches, driven a long-haul moving
van, and was once the proud owner of 23 Newfoundland dogs at one time.
Her advice? Don't try that at home! Valerie and her husband now live on
an 80-acre farm in northern Arkansas. She loves to hike the rocky,
wooded hills behind the picturesque old house they renovated, watch for
the wildlife so abundant in the area and think up new ideas for her
books. She's always been a dreamer, a romantic who invented happier
endings for books and movies that didn't already end on a lighthearted
note. She was an adult before she realized that everybody didn't
automatically do the same thing! Valerie Hansen can be reached at: P. O.
Box 13, Glencoe, AR 72539-0013. Or via e-mail at: val@valeriehansen.
com. Valerie Hansen's basic nature is to see the humorous side of life
and enjoy every day to the fullest. She's always loved stories about
people who have successfully met life's challenges and gone on to find
happiness, so writing joyful love stories is a perfect outlet for her.
Her personal life sounds a lot like a romance novel. She married her
high school sweetheart and they raised two great kids before leaving
California to pursue their dreams of a rural lifestyle in the Arkansas
Ozarks. That relocation has also given her work a new, more spiritual
focus than ever before. Valerie had gone to Sunday school as a child and
attended church off and on as an adult, but didn't really understand
what was missing in her spiritual life until daily problems drove her to
seek answers from a closer relationship with Jesus Christ. What a
surprise! And what a difference in outlook. In the years that followed,
she was continually amazed at the extraordinary opportunities that came
her way. She still is. Valerie has always loved to write. That, and the
strong conviction that this is what she was meant to do, led her to
Steeple Hill and the Love Inspired series. Besides extensive research,
she has plenty of interesting experiences to draw upon when creating
stories:She's been a veterinary assistant, teacher's aide, volunteer
fire department dispatcher, Emergency Medical Technician, bank worker,
professional artist, store clerk, bookkeeper, 4-H leader, Sunday school
teacher, gospel singer songwriter, winning quiz show contestant, dog
trainer, college extension-class instructor, and antique restorer. She's
built dulcimers and a psaltery, laid bricks and tile, designed
stained-glass windows, roofed a house, decorated store windows for the
holidays, helped pour cement, raised fancy guinea pigs and finches,
driven a long-haul moving van, and was once the proud owner of 23
Newfoundland dogs at one time. Her advice? Don't try that at home!
Valerie and her husband now live on an 80-acre farm in northern
Arkansas. She loves to hike the rocky, wooded hills behind the
picturesque old house they renovated, watch for the wildlife so abundant
in the area and think up new ideas for her books. She's always been a
dreamer, a romantic who invented happier endings for books and movies
that didn't already end on a lighthearted note. She was an adult before
she realized that everybody didn't automatically do the same thing!
Valerie Hansen can be reached at: P. O. Box 13, Glencoe, AR 72539-0013.
Or via e-mail at: val@valeriehansen. com. Valerie Hansen's basic nature
is to see the humorous side of life and enjoy every day to the fullest.
She's always loved stories about people who have successfully met life's
challenges and gone on to find happiness, so writing joyful love stories
is a perfect outlet for her. Her personal life sounds a lot like a
romance novel. She married her high school sweetheart and they raised
two great kids before leaving California to pursue their dreams of a
rural lifestyle in the Arkansas Ozarks. That relocation has also given
her work a new, more spiritual focus than ever before. Valerie had gone
to Sunday school as a child and attended church off and on as an adult,
but didn't really understand what was missing in her spiritual life
until daily problems drove her to seek answers from a closer
relationship with Jesus Christ. What a surprise! And what a difference
in outlook. In the years that followed, she was continually amazed at
the extraordinary opportunities that came her way. She still is. Valerie
has always loved to write. That, and the strong conviction that this is
what she was meant to do, led her to Steeple Hill and the Love Inspired
series. Besides extensive research, she has plenty of interesting
experiences to draw upon when creating stories:She's been a veterinary
assistant, teacher's aide, volunteer fire department dispatcher,
Emergency Medical Technician, bank worker, professional artist, store
clerk, bookkeeper, 4-H leader, Sunday school teacher, gospel singer
