Valerie Parv

Valerie Christine Parv (1951 – 25 April 2021) was a popular Australian writer of over 70 romance novels with over 34 million sales. She has published her novels in Mills & Boon since 1982.

Biography Valerie married Paul Parv, a crocodile hunter in the tropical north of Australia. They lived for some years in Sydney. Her husband became a cartoonist, and they moved to the capital city, Canberra. They were married for 38 years before her husband died in 2008.

Valerie published her first novel in 1982. She was recognised as a media spokesperson for all things romantic in Australia.

Awards and honours

Parv was an Australia Day Ambassador for the National Australia Day Council from 2006. She was also awarded the Romantic Times Book Reviews New York Pioneer of Romance Award.

In 2015, Parv was made a member of the Order of Australia for "significant service to the arts as a prolific author, and as a role model and mentor to young emerging writers."