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Jamaican poet and novelist

Valerie BloomMBE (born 1956)^[1][2] is a Jamaican-born poet and novelist based in the UK.^[3][4][5]

Early life

Born in Clarendon Parish, Jamaica, Bloom moved to England in 1979.^[6] She attended the University of Kent at Canterbury and earned an honours degree and was later awarded an honorary master's degree.

She currently lives in Kent.

Works

Bloom has published several collections,^[7] the most recent of which is The River's A Singer. Her first collection was Touch Mi, Tell Mi, published by Bogle-L'Ouverture in 1983, and this was followed by Duppy Jamboree (Cambridge University Press, 1992), Let Me Touch the Sky, The World Is Sweet and Hot like Fire.

She has also edited a number of collections, including One River Many Creeks and A Twist in the Tale.^[3]

Bloom has written lyrics for world jazz ensemble Grand Union Orchestra, includin