Valerie M. Bodden

Biography

Valerie Bodden has three great loves: Jesus, her family, and books. And chocolate (okay, four great loves). She is living out her happily ever after with her high-school-sweetheart-turned-husband and their four children. Her life wouldn't make a terribly exciting book, as it has a happy beginning and middle, and someday when she goes to her heavenly home, it will have a happy end.

She was born and raised in Wisconsin, and aside from a short stint in Minnesota while her husband trained for the pastoral ministry, has lived there her entire life, in spite of an aversion to all things cold and snowy (except Christmas—a snowy Christmas is good). She periodically tries to coax her snow-loving husband and children to pack up and move to a warmer climate with her but so far has had no luck. So she tolerates the snow for them. That's some kind of love, if you ask her.

Valerie writes emotion-filled Christian fiction that weaves real-life problems, real-life people, and real-life faith. Her characters may (okay, will) experience some heartache along the way, but true to her tendencies as a hopeless romantic, she will always give them a happy ending.

Fun Facts

Hobbies

reading (obviously), spending time with family, gardening, managing the church library

Mountains or Beach? Why?

Beach--as someone who lives in a place where it's cold a good portion of the year, I will take warmth wherever and whenever I can get it!

Favorite Place to Write

Usually at the beautiful built-in desk my husband built but also on the couch, in the car, or at various appointments/practices as I wait for my children.