Welcome to the homepage of Vanessa Curtis, author of children's books 'Zelah Green: Queen of Clean' and 'Zelah Green: Dating Queen' (due out early 2010), journalist and biographer of Virginia Woolf. If you'd like to leave a comment on Zelah Green please visit my 'Guestbook'and leave a comment there. I'd love to hear from you! And shock horror - I've finally updated my blog....
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I'm a children's author whose first book 'Zelah Green: Queen of Clean' is published by Egmont UK and was shortlisted for the 2009 Waterstones Children's Book Prize. The sequel 'Zelah Green: Dating Queen' is due for release February 2010. I'm also a freelance book reviewer and the author of three books on Virginia Woolf and I co-edit 'The Virginia Woolf Bulletin', the magazine of the Virginia Woolf Society of Great Britain. I work as a reader for a literary consultancy.
I'm represented by Peter Buckman at the Ampersand Agency and live near Chichester harbour.
Influences etc:
Books and poetry: Philip Larkin, Dorothy Parker, Sarah Waters, Cormac McCarthy, the Diaries of Virginia Woolf, Isabel Allende, Mr Gum (Andy Stanton), Adam Mars-Jones, Patrick Gale, Helen Dunmore.
Fave Eras: the 1940's, the 1900's, the 1890's.
Art: Kahlo, Perry, Dali, Nash, Hepworth, Wallis.
Music: Mozart, Marillion (mark 2), Brahms, Chopin, Green Day, Eddie Thompson, Ramsey Lewis Trio, Dave McKenna.
Telly: Coronation Street (best scriptwriting ever).
Films: Picnic at Hanging Rock, The Age of Innocence, The Pianist.