Val Penny
@valpennyauthor.bsky.social
I kill people in my bestselling thrillers - The DI Hunter Wilson Crime Thrillers and The Jane Renwick Thrillers.
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I’m thrilled to be able to share that DI Hunter Wilson and I are joining JOFFE BOOKS.
I was interviewed by Alex Loveless for his podcast Art Against Mental Illness at the Auchterarder Book Festival. You can listen to our chat here:
youtu.be/Ls1z_VmaFmM
#crimefiction #auchterarderbookfestival #dihunterwilsoncrimethrillers #edinburgh #scotland
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#crimefiction #auchterarderbookfestival #dihunterwilsoncrimethrillers #edinburgh #scotland
Words Against Mental Illness Part 3 - From Cancer to Crime Fiction with Val Penny
YouTube video by Art Against Mental Illness Podcast
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January 25, 2026 at 1:30 PM
I was interviewed by Alex Loveless for his podcast Art Against Mental Illness at the Auchterarder Book Festival. You can listen to our chat here:
youtu.be/Ls1z_VmaFmM
#crimefiction #auchterarderbookfestival #dihunterwilsoncrimethrillers #edinburgh #scotland
youtu.be/Ls1z_VmaFmM
#crimefiction #auchterarderbookfestival #dihunterwilsoncrimethrillers #edinburgh #scotland
You can read my article about routes to publication on my blog today.
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#publication #vanitypress #hybridpress #selfpublishing #valpenny
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#publication #vanitypress #hybridpress #selfpublishing #valpenny
Routes to Publication by Val Penny
Let me start at the very beginning. You will often hear people say - everyone has a book in them… This is not true. Others will tell you – I’m going to write a book when I retire… Most of them don’t. ...
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January 24, 2026 at 7:37 PM
You can read my article about routes to publication on my blog today.
www.valpenny.com/post/routes-...
#publication #vanitypress #hybridpress #selfpublishing #valpenny
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#publication #vanitypress #hybridpress #selfpublishing #valpenny
I’m thrilled to find a new 5🌟review for Hunter’s Force.
It’s great when readers enjoy my books!
‘The pace doesn’t let up from start to finish.’
#crimefiction #crimethrillers #thrillers #policeprocedurals #dihunterwilsoncrimethrillers
It’s great when readers enjoy my books!
‘The pace doesn’t let up from start to finish.’
#crimefiction #crimethrillers #thrillers #policeprocedurals #dihunterwilsoncrimethrillers
January 23, 2026 at 4:04 PM
I’m thrilled to find a new 5🌟review for Hunter’s Force.
It’s great when readers enjoy my books!
‘The pace doesn’t let up from start to finish.’
#crimefiction #crimethrillers #thrillers #policeprocedurals #dihunterwilsoncrimethrillers
It’s great when readers enjoy my books!
‘The pace doesn’t let up from start to finish.’
#crimefiction #crimethrillers #thrillers #policeprocedurals #dihunterwilsoncrimethrillers
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Please share widely. Enter one of Britain's biggest crime prizes. We have some wonderful judges: @vaseemkhanuk.bsky.social Ayo Onatade, Renita D’Silva, Heloise Wood, thank you
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#prize #entry #books #crime
joffebooks.com/prize-2025
#prize #entry #books #crime
September 11, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Please share widely. Enter one of Britain's biggest crime prizes. We have some wonderful judges: @vaseemkhanuk.bsky.social Ayo Onatade, Renita D’Silva, Heloise Wood, thank you
joffebooks.com/prize-2025
#prize #entry #books #crime
joffebooks.com/prize-2025
#prize #entry #books #crime
I’m thrilled to be able to share that DI Hunter Wilson and I are joining JOFFE BOOKS.
January 13, 2026 at 1:33 PM
I’m thrilled to be able to share that DI Hunter Wilson and I are joining JOFFE BOOKS.
Author Kay Parquet has shared an extract from her book, Bookshop on Blossom Street. You can read it on my blog today.
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#books #extract #stories #readers
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#books #extract #stories #readers
Bookshop by Kay Parquet
I am pleased to be able to support Kay Parquet and her novel entitled, The Bookshop on Blossom Street, as part of the tour arranged by Jessica Thompson of Bittersweet Tours. It is always an exciting t...
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January 10, 2026 at 10:23 AM
Author Kay Parquet has shared an extract from her book, Bookshop on Blossom Street. You can read it on my blog today.
www.valpenny.com/post/booksho...
#books #extract #stories #readers
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#books #extract #stories #readers
Thank you to everyone who downloaded
A Fighting Chance yesterday and helped me get so far up the Amazon charts.
🥰📚🥰
Best Sellers Rank
#1,212 Free in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
#2 in Noir Crime
#6 in Serial Killers
#18 in Organized Crime
A Fighting Chance yesterday and helped me get so far up the Amazon charts.
🥰📚🥰
Best Sellers Rank
#1,212 Free in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
#2 in Noir Crime
#6 in Serial Killers
#18 in Organized Crime
December 28, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Thank you to everyone who downloaded
A Fighting Chance yesterday and helped me get so far up the Amazon charts.
🥰📚🥰
Best Sellers Rank
#1,212 Free in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
#2 in Noir Crime
#6 in Serial Killers
#18 in Organized Crime
A Fighting Chance yesterday and helped me get so far up the Amazon charts.
🥰📚🥰
Best Sellers Rank
#1,212 Free in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
#2 in Noir Crime
#6 in Serial Killers
#18 in Organized Crime
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The proper amount of sage for 2025...
November 22, 2024 at 2:06 AM
The proper amount of sage for 2025...
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#WriterShareWednesday
Kestrel and Scar must make a series of clandestine deliveries before dawn in Five and Twenty Ponies, now available on Itch for free!
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Kestrel and Scar must make a series of clandestine deliveries before dawn in Five and Twenty Ponies, now available on Itch for free!
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December 17, 2025 at 10:05 PM
#WriterShareWednesday
Kestrel and Scar must make a series of clandestine deliveries before dawn in Five and Twenty Ponies, now available on Itch for free!
a-j-roberts.itch.io/five-and-twe...
Kestrel and Scar must make a series of clandestine deliveries before dawn in Five and Twenty Ponies, now available on Itch for free!
a-j-roberts.itch.io/five-and-twe...
My Christmas gift to you -
A Fighting Chance (A Jane Renwick Thriller)
is #FREE today. You’ll find it here:
mybook.to/FightChance
A Fighting Chance (A Jane Renwick Thriller)
is #FREE today. You’ll find it here:
mybook.to/FightChance
December 27, 2025 at 12:40 PM
My Christmas gift to you -
A Fighting Chance (A Jane Renwick Thriller)
is #FREE today. You’ll find it here:
mybook.to/FightChance
A Fighting Chance (A Jane Renwick Thriller)
is #FREE today. You’ll find it here:
mybook.to/FightChance
Read about my writing year and all it had to offer in my last blog post of the year today.
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#books #readers #authors #crimefiction #booksignings #bookfestivals
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#books #readers #authors #crimefiction #booksignings #bookfestivals
2025 -What a Year!
It has been a busy old writing year this year for me. I am beginning to find my feet in the world of Book Signings and enjoyed a successful event in Sheffield, Sugar and Spice run by the talented auth...
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December 27, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Read about my writing year and all it had to offer in my last blog post of the year today.
www.valpenny.com/post/2025-wh...
#books #readers #authors #crimefiction #booksignings #bookfestivals
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#books #readers #authors #crimefiction #booksignings #bookfestivals
Finding a 5🌟 review of Hunter’s Secret made me so happy this morning. Thank you to all my readers - especially ones who leave reviews!
‘It kept me guessing all the way through with lots of twists and turns of the plot . A very well written book with a surprising ending.’
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‘It kept me guessing all the way through with lots of twists and turns of the plot . A very well written book with a surprising ending.’
tinyurl.com/ezer746e
Hunter's Secret : DI Hunter Wilson Series: Book 5 (DI Hunter Wilson Crime Thriller)
Hunter's Secret : DI Hunter Wilson Series: Book 5 (DI Hunter Wilson Crime Thriller) eBook : Penny, Val : Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
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December 22, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Finding a 5🌟 review of Hunter’s Secret made me so happy this morning. Thank you to all my readers - especially ones who leave reviews!
‘It kept me guessing all the way through with lots of twists and turns of the plot . A very well written book with a surprising ending.’
tinyurl.com/ezer746e
‘It kept me guessing all the way through with lots of twists and turns of the plot . A very well written book with a surprising ending.’
tinyurl.com/ezer746e
You can read my interview with Helen Forbes about her book Queen of Grime on my blog today
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You will find the book here
amzn.eu/d/0CvxFTJ
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You will find the book here
amzn.eu/d/0CvxFTJ
December 20, 2025 at 12:40 PM
You can read my interview with Helen Forbes about her book Queen of Grime on my blog today
www.valpenny/queen-of-gri...
You will find the book here
amzn.eu/d/0CvxFTJ
www.valpenny/queen-of-gri...
You will find the book here
amzn.eu/d/0CvxFTJ
It’s always lovely to read a 5🌟 review for one of my novels. Today I noticed this one for Hunter’s Rules. If you haven’t got the book, you’ll find here:
tinyurl.com/2s3myb5s
tinyurl.com/2s3myb5s
December 17, 2025 at 7:09 PM
It’s always lovely to read a 5🌟 review for one of my novels. Today I noticed this one for Hunter’s Rules. If you haven’t got the book, you’ll find here:
tinyurl.com/2s3myb5s
tinyurl.com/2s3myb5s
December 14, 2025 at 10:09 AM
My second favourite word is #SALE but my favourite word is #FREE and Hunter’s Christmas is #FREE today - Merry Christmas to all my readers. So hurry or you’ll miss it!
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December 11, 2025 at 12:02 PM
My second favourite word is #SALE but my favourite word is #FREE and Hunter’s Christmas is #FREE today - Merry Christmas to all my readers. So hurry or you’ll miss it!
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Read my interview with YA author Hetty Waite about her new book Evolve here. The tour was arranged by Lynsey Adams.
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#ya #books #comingofagebooks #evolve
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#ya #books #comingofagebooks #evolve
Evolve by Hetty Waite
It is a pleasure to be part of the tour for Hetty Waite's new YA novel Evolve. Many thanks to Lynsey Adams of Reading Between the Lines for including me. Many thanks to Hetty for taking time to chat w...
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December 6, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Read my interview with YA author Hetty Waite about her new book Evolve here. The tour was arranged by Lynsey Adams.
www.valpenny.com/post/evolve-...
#ya #books #comingofagebooks #evolve
www.valpenny.com/post/evolve-...
#ya #books #comingofagebooks #evolve
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When a prescient review uncovers dialogue that beautifully expands on the book's original premise – it's a special gift.
Honoured by @cablestreet-litmag.bsky.social's remarkable review of IN THE BLUEPRINT OF HER IRIS. Gratitude to @danadelibovi.bsky.social & team ❤️
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Honoured by @cablestreet-litmag.bsky.social's remarkable review of IN THE BLUEPRINT OF HER IRIS. Gratitude to @danadelibovi.bsky.social & team ❤️
cablestreet.org/issue-10-tab...
The Beholding Eye - Cable Street
In the Blueprint of Her IrisPoems by Vikki C./Images by Robert Frede Kenter Beauty is an uncommon word today. Even when we talk about art, we express ourselves with many other nouns. As the philosophe...
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November 29, 2025 at 1:34 AM
When a prescient review uncovers dialogue that beautifully expands on the book's original premise – it's a special gift.
Honoured by @cablestreet-litmag.bsky.social's remarkable review of IN THE BLUEPRINT OF HER IRIS. Gratitude to @danadelibovi.bsky.social & team ❤️
cablestreet.org/issue-10-tab...
Honoured by @cablestreet-litmag.bsky.social's remarkable review of IN THE BLUEPRINT OF HER IRIS. Gratitude to @danadelibovi.bsky.social & team ❤️
cablestreet.org/issue-10-tab...
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#OTD in 1967, Jocelyn Bell discovered pulsars & changed our view of the universe. 𝘉𝘶𝘵...
The #Nobel Prize in #Physics for their discovery went to to her thesis supervisor Antony Hewish & to astronomer Martin Ryle.
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#WomenInSTEM #astrophysics #MatildaEffect
The #Nobel Prize in #Physics for their discovery went to to her thesis supervisor Antony Hewish & to astronomer Martin Ryle.
theconversation.com/fifty-years-...
#WomenInSTEM #astrophysics #MatildaEffect
November 28, 2025 at 11:34 PM
#OTD in 1967, Jocelyn Bell discovered pulsars & changed our view of the universe. 𝘉𝘶𝘵...
The #Nobel Prize in #Physics for their discovery went to to her thesis supervisor Antony Hewish & to astronomer Martin Ryle.
theconversation.com/fifty-years-...
#WomenInSTEM #astrophysics #MatildaEffect
The #Nobel Prize in #Physics for their discovery went to to her thesis supervisor Antony Hewish & to astronomer Martin Ryle.
theconversation.com/fifty-years-...
#WomenInSTEM #astrophysics #MatildaEffect
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Saturday is the final day to #download 'More Time' 4 free
#BlackFriday #limitedtimeoffer ends
Saturday is the final day to #download 'More Time' 4 free
#BlackFriday #limitedtimeoffer ends
#BlackFriday #deal #Giveaway #HolidayGifts
Amazon #bestseller More Time is #free thru 11/29
Don't miss out #downloadnow
Give the #gift of #reading to someone U❤️
#books 4 #presents
#timetravel #Romance #CR4U #YA
Sophie invents a time machine
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#BookBoost #readerSky #bookSky
Amazon #bestseller More Time is #free thru 11/29
Don't miss out #downloadnow
Give the #gift of #reading to someone U❤️
#books 4 #presents
#timetravel #Romance #CR4U #YA
Sophie invents a time machine
amazon.com/dp/B09DW8CZCD
#BookBoost #readerSky #bookSky
November 29, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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Saturday is the final day to #download 'More Time' 4 free
#BlackFriday #limitedtimeoffer ends
Saturday is the final day to #download 'More Time' 4 free
#BlackFriday #limitedtimeoffer ends
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Hey everybody, there's ways to be more inclusive for those that will be most affected by the attack on democracy, that is the disabled.
My request is to please check the CC (closed caption) on your clips from youtube.
Some of us are actually DEAF or don't have a sound working on their computers.
My request is to please check the CC (closed caption) on your clips from youtube.
Some of us are actually DEAF or don't have a sound working on their computers.
March 31, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Hey everybody, there's ways to be more inclusive for those that will be most affected by the attack on democracy, that is the disabled.
My request is to please check the CC (closed caption) on your clips from youtube.
Some of us are actually DEAF or don't have a sound working on their computers.
My request is to please check the CC (closed caption) on your clips from youtube.
Some of us are actually DEAF or don't have a sound working on their computers.
You can read my 5🌟review of My Cradle, Your Grave by Sharon Jackson here today.
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#crimefiction #crimethriller #books
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#crimefiction #crimethriller #books
My Cradle, Your Grave by Sharon Jackson
I had never read any books by Sharon Jackson, but the title of the first book in her Haunted Past series intruiged me. Who wouldn't be interested by the title My Cradle, Your Grave? Let me tell you ab...
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November 29, 2025 at 12:42 PM
You can read my 5🌟review of My Cradle, Your Grave by Sharon Jackson here today.
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#crimefiction #crimethriller #books
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#crimefiction #crimethriller #books
Another 5🌟review for Hunter’s Force -
I love when readers are kind enough to say how much they enjoy my books. Thank you!
‘The pace doesn’t let up from start to finish.’
geni.us/f5eJb
#crimefiction #dihunterwilsoncrimethrillers #scotland
#edinburgh #thrillers #readers #reviews #books
I love when readers are kind enough to say how much they enjoy my books. Thank you!
‘The pace doesn’t let up from start to finish.’
geni.us/f5eJb
#crimefiction #dihunterwilsoncrimethrillers #scotland
#edinburgh #thrillers #readers #reviews #books
November 28, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Another 5🌟review for Hunter’s Force -
I love when readers are kind enough to say how much they enjoy my books. Thank you!
‘The pace doesn’t let up from start to finish.’
geni.us/f5eJb
#crimefiction #dihunterwilsoncrimethrillers #scotland
#edinburgh #thrillers #readers #reviews #books
I love when readers are kind enough to say how much they enjoy my books. Thank you!
‘The pace doesn’t let up from start to finish.’
geni.us/f5eJb
#crimefiction #dihunterwilsoncrimethrillers #scotland
#edinburgh #thrillers #readers #reviews #books
Happy Thanksgiving to all friends and family who celebrate.
November 27, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Happy Thanksgiving to all friends and family who celebrate.
When you arrive home to find the beautiful book, Buried Evil, by Sarah Michelle Lynch and know you have a great read ahead.
Thank you Sarah.
#books #readers #authors #authorsatthearmouries
Thank you Sarah.
#books #readers #authors #authorsatthearmouries
November 25, 2025 at 12:03 PM
When you arrive home to find the beautiful book, Buried Evil, by Sarah Michelle Lynch and know you have a great read ahead.
Thank you Sarah.
#books #readers #authors #authorsatthearmouries
Thank you Sarah.
#books #readers #authors #authorsatthearmouries