Val Hudson

As a publisher of non-fiction at major houses such as HarperCollins and Hachette, Val Hudson was responsible for many ground-breaking bestsellers, including books by Pamela Stephenson and Billy Connolly, Lauren Bacall, Carol Thatcher, Nigel Havers, Janet Street-Porter, TimCollins, the Simpsons, Hillary Clinton, Cliff Richard. She is now a full-time writer, and has written 'A Simples Life', the memoirs of the world's most famous meerkat Aleksandr Orlov, as well as his six children's books (Meerkat Tales). She has compiled 'Reacher's Rules' a non-fiction celebration of Lee Child's compelling hero, and written the Boywatching novels for teenagers under the pen name Chloe Bennet (Orchard Books). Her next ventures, the story of the unique and wonderful Arthur and his quest to be with Mikael – the bestselling 'Arthur, the Dog Who Crossed the Jungle to Find a Home', and its sequel 'Arthur and Friends' – have been a privilege and a joy to write. And now, coinciding with the release of the movie "Arthur the King", comes her latest collaboration with Mikael, 'Young Arthur', the inspirational life story of Arthur - from Arthur’s point of view.