Valerie Mendes would like to thank these brilliant creative people;
Chris Challis Photographer for his work throughout this website
Shutterstock AI generated image for the Flight of the Lark cover
John Gollop at iStockphoto for the cover photo for Larkswood
Pictorial Press Limited/Alamy Stock Photo for the image of the romantic Edwardian couple for
Beatrice and Alexander
ClassicStock/Alamy Stock Photo and Photographer H. Armstrong Roberts for the portrait of a woman with a check dress for Daddy’s Girl
Ian Winstanley for the covers for Girl in the Attic, Coming of Age and Lost and Found;
and blacksheep-uk.com for The Drowning
Andrew Chapman, outstanding Editorial Director of
Prepare to Publish
Debi Alper, the most brilliant and sympathetic Editor
and Paul Downes of GD Associates who designed and built this website and also, apart from Larkswood, created the stunning front covers for all my adult work.
