Veronica Bennett

Veronica Bennett is a children's novelist. She previously worked part-time as an English Lecturer and now writes fiction full-time. She graduated from University College, Cardiff in 1975 with an Honors degree in English. She began her writing career as a freelance journalist, but soon moved into fiction. Her first book, Monkey, was published in 1998 and was acclaimed by The Times Educational Supplement as "an impressively well-written and audacious debut".[1] Veronica Bennett is married with two children, and currently resides in Middlesex.[2]

For the 1960s pop singer of the same birth name, see Ronnie Spector.

Veronica Bennett
Born1953 (age 67–68)
England, United Kingdom
OccupationNovelist, short story writer
LanguageEnglish
GenreChildren's
Notable worksDandelion and Bobcat

Bibliography
  • Monkey (1998)
  • The Boy-free Zone (1999)
  • Dandelion and Bobcat (2000)
  • Fish Feet (2002)
  • Angelmonster (2005)
  • Cassandra's Sister (2006)
  • Shakespeare's Apprentice (2007)

References
  1. Times Educational Supplement, 13 November 1998, review of Monkey, p. 79; 11 August 2000, review of The Boy-Free Zone, p. 22.
  2. "Bennett, Veronica 1953- Contemporary Authors- via Highbeam (Subscription required)". Archived from the original on 29 March 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
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