Michelle Valentine

Michelle Valentine
Michelle Valentine

Michelle Valentine was born in a suburb of Cape Town, South Africa, the city famous for Table Mountain, one of the new Seven Wonders of the World.

At school she developed a love for languages and reading. She decided to become a teacher. In 2009 she entered a creative writing competition held by the Education Faculty and won silver. This sparked her passion for writing and she’s been writing ever since.

She is currently teaching English at an agricultural school in Clanwilliam – the home of Rooibos tea.

Michelle published two fairy-tales in Tenebris Books’ Willow, Weep No More and Shadows of the Oak anthologies called, Evelyn and the Painted Cave and The Gift respectively.