found: Make up or break up?, 2003:t.p. (Mary Williams) prelims. (grew up in Hampshire and London, moved to Lancashire; trained in marital and psychosexual therapy; was university staff counsellor; has published poetry, short stories [as Valentine Williams] and a collection of humorous anecdotes about local life [as Val Robson])
found: Overcoming impotence, 2003:t.p. (Mary Williams)
found: E-mail from Sheldon Press, Apr. 4, 2003(Mary Valentine Williams; b. June 18, 1944; author of "Make up or break up?" and "A pint in the Weird Shit pub" [under name Val Robson])
found: OverDrive.com website, viewed 23 Jan. 2017:Valentine Williams (Mary Williams, who writes under the name of Valentine Williams, is a poet and novelist presently living in Shropshire; born in Aldershot; moving to Lancashire, she eventually embarked on an alternative career in psychotherapy, working in the NHS and for Relate, and later became a University staff counsellor and trainer, writing in her spare time; after obtaining an MA in creative writing at Edge Hill she was commissioned to write two self-help books for Sheldon Press "Make up or break up?" and "Overcoming impotence" [both published under name Mary Williams]; following this, she had numerous short stories and poems published and moved to Shropshire, where she started the Drayton Writers' group; in the last two years, she has published two dark fiction novels, ande has also published some erotica with Black Lace, and more poetry and stories)
