Val BlackburnVal Blackburn lives in London with her husband, four daughters and their beagle. Val has always loved stories. As a child she enjoyed acting out stories on the stage and was a huge amateur dramatics fan. After graduating with a degree in European Thetre Arts, Val discovered a job that encompassed her dramatic flair and love of stories: being a tour guide. Val has worked as a London tour guide for over 10 years and, with her business partners, helps run 4 national tour companies where she researches and writes tour scripts.At home, Val loves making up stories for her daughters. She decided to publish the Jasper Dragon series after her eldest daughter asked to see the pictures for Jasper the Firefighting Dragon, and the rest, as they say, is history. Read More Read Less