Alfie Thompson received her first “we’re buying your book” call in December 1989. That first book was a Christmas story, published the following Christmas by Harlequin. Is it any wonder that she loves Christmas for more than the usual reasons? Since then, writing as Val Daniels, she has sold 9 more books to Harlequin/Silhouette, including 8 Romances, 1 Shadows (romantic suspense) and 1 Special Edition. Her books have been published in 22 languages and 32 countries. More than 5 million copies of her romances are in print.

Running Press (a division of Perseus) published her non-fiction book about learning to write fiction by watching movies. Lights! Camera! Fiction! A Movie Lovers Guide to Writing a Novel by Alfie Thompson. Alfie has given writing workshops from New York City to Hawaii. She is currently publishing a series Tip, Tricks and Tools of the Writer’s Trade based on her most popular and requested workshops. Currently, Point of View, Understanding Which P.O.V. is Best for Your Story and Using it Effectively and Writing for the Readerare available as e-books on Amazon.com. The next one, It’s Just Emotion, Writing for Emotional Impact will be published in 2018.

During her five years on the Board of Directors of the Romance Writers of America, Alfie proposed and initiated the first ever “Readers for Life” Literacy Autographing, which has raised over $1,165,000 for literacy since its inception in 1990.