Authors whose first name starts with V

V. Castro is a Mexican American writer of speculative fiction. Catalogue subjects cover horror, gothic writing, fantasy and space opera science fiction. Castro's 20 catalogued books run from 2018 to 2026 and take in The Erotic Modern Life of Malinalli The Vampire (2019), Goddess of Filth (2021), The Queen of the Cicadas (2021) and Mestiza Blood (2022). The Rebel Moon series is recorded in the listing. Castro remains actively publishing.

V.A. Dold published 15 catalogued books between 2014 and 2021 in two listed series, Le Beau Brothers and League of Guardians. Cade (2014) is the first title, with Simon, Simon & Rose and Stefan from the same year. Cade & Anna, Lucas and Thomas & Julia date from 2015, and First K.I.S.S. and Richie from 2016. Dangerous Destiny (2018) is also listed, and Krystal Le Beau (2021) is the newest.

V.C. Andrews was the name used by Cleo Virginia Andrews (June 6, 1923 to December 19, 1986), an American novelist best known for Flowers in the Attic (1979). That novel led to four sequels and two film adaptations. The publisher never classed the books as Young Adult, yet their young protagonists have drawn teenage readers for decades. After Andrews died in 1986, a ghostwriter first hired to finish two incomplete manuscripts went on publishing new books under the V.C. Andrews name. The catalogue carries 108 books under that name from 1979 to 2025, across series such as Dollanganger, Casteel, Cutler, Landry, Logan and De Beers.

V.D. Bucket is the author of Bucket to Greece, a series of 20 books that runs from Bucket To Greece, Volume 1 (2019) to Volume 18 (2025). At least four volumes appeared in 2019 and at least five in 2020. Each book runs to roughly 307 pages. V.D. Bucket is still adding volumes to the series.

V.E. Schwab

49 books• 11 series

V.E. Schwab, born Victoria Elizabeth Schwab on July 7, 1987, is an American writer. Schwab is known for the 2013 novel Vicious, the Shades of Magic series and The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, a nominee for the 2020 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel. Children's and young adult books appear under the name Victoria Schwab. The catalogue runs to 49 books from The Near Witch (2011) to Victorious (2026), with series including Archived, Monsters of Verity and Cassidy Blake. Schwab also created First Kill, a supernatural teen drama adapted from a short story in the 2020 anthology Vampires Never Get Old.

V.H. Nicolson writes contemporary romance across four series: the Billionaire Hart Brothers, the Boys of Castleview Cove, the Elite Eagles and Elite Eagles Legacy. Several titles pair a single first name with an adjective, Hunting Eden (2021), Inevitable Ella (2021), Unexpected Eva (2022), while others carry only a name, Jacob, Lincoln, Owen. Sixteen books reach Breaking His Code (2026).

V.R. Tapscott's catalogue lists 14 books from The Pirate's Apprentice (2019) to An Unexpected Journey (2025), with Jane Bond and Lacey & Alex as the two series on record. Dark Side of the Moon (2020), Moons of Jupiter (2020), The Dagger of Ill Repute (2020), Jane in Space (2021), The Evershaw Curse (2021) and What Goes Up... (2022) are other titles. The median book is 203 pages, and Tapscott is still publishing.

V.S. Kemanis writes mystery, suspense and thrillers, and Dana Hargrove is the listed series. The 11 catalogued books date from 2012 to 2025. The 2012 titles are Dust of the Universe: Tales of Family, Everyone But Us: Tales of Women and Thursday's List. Homicide Chart (2014), Forsaken Oath (2016) and Love and Crime: Stories (2017) follow, along with Deep Zero (2018) and Power Blind (2022). Indelicate Deception (2025) is the newest.

V.S. Naipaul

36 books• 2 series

V.S. Naipaul (1932-2018) was a Trinidad-born British writer of fiction and nonfiction. The early novels are comic and set in Trinidad, among them The Mystic Masseur (1957), The Suffrage of Elvira (1958) and Miguel Street (1959), and A House for Mr Biswas (1961) was the breakthrough. Naipaul won the Booker Prize in 1971 for In a Free State. Travel and reportage form a second strand, including The Middle Passage (1962), An Area of Darkness (1964) and the India Trilogy. The catalogue holds 36 books across six decades, at a median of 248 pages.

Vaclav Smil

44 books• 2 series

Vaclav Smil, born December 9, 1943, is a Czech-Canadian scientist and policy analyst and Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the University of Manitoba's Faculty of Environment in Winnipeg. Smil studies energy, environment, food, population, economics, history and public policy, and applies that work to China. The 44 books in the catalogue start with Energy In The Developing World: The Real Energy Crisis (1980) and include The Bad Earth (1984) and Energy In World History (1994). How to Feed the World (2025) is the newest.

Val McDermid

55 books• 13 series

Val McDermid, born 4 June 1955, is a Scottish crime writer whose work falls under the Tartan Noir label and is noted for unflinching violence. The catalogue runs to 55 books, from Report For Murder (1987) to Winter: The Story of a Season (2026). McDermid's best-known novels follow clinical psychologist Tony Hill and his colleagues in the police, a sequence televised as Wire in the Blood from 2002 to 2008. Inspector Karen Pirie, Lindsay Gordon and Kate Brannigan are the other named series. Awards on record include the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger and the Cartier Diamond Dagger.

Val Penny is the credit on 9 catalogued books published between 2018 and 2023. Two series are recorded: Edinburgh Crime Mysteries and Jane Renwick. Most of the listing carries two titles apiece, from Hunter's Chase / Murder in Edinburgh (2018) through Hunter's Revenge / Murder in Gilmerton, Hunter's Force / Murder in the New Town, Hunter's Blood / Murder at Landsmuir and Hunter's Secret / Murder In The Braids to Hunter's Rules / Murder at Cramond (2022). Let's Get Published (2020), The First Cut (2021) and Hunter's Christmas and Other Stories (2023) complete the catalogue.

Valerie Anand writes historical fiction and, as Fiona Buckley, the Ursula Blanchard mysteries with their woman sleuth. Anglo-Saxon and Norman England, kings and rulers, and family across generations fill the earlier work, in the Norman Quartet, Bridges Over Time and the Exmoor Saga. Gildenford opened the catalogue in 1977, and 39 books reach To Seize a Queen in 2024, at a median of 368 pages.

Valerie Bodden has five catalogued books, published between 2022 and 2024: Not Until Then (2022), Christmas of Joy (2023), Memories of the Heart (2023), Trusting His Promise (2024) and Whispers of Truth (2024). Bodden is listed as actively publishing.

Valerie Bowen writes suspense and thrillers, with 12 books catalogued between 2011 and 2015. Bowen's series are Sake of Amelia and Mind of a Madman. Faerie Wishes (2011) is the first title and Deceitful Hearts (2015) the latest. Other entries include Inhibition, Retribution, Evil Stalks, Evil Unleashed and The Drifter.

Regency romance is Valerie Bowman's genre. 40 books are catalogued from Secrets of a Wedding Night (2012) to The Wallflower Takes All (2026), organised into the Secret Brides, Playful Brides, Footmen's Club, Whitmorelands, Wallflowers' Revolt, Austen Hunks and Love's a Game sequences, with the Honeycrisp Orchard romances alongside them. Nobility, widows, courtship and the marriage market of aristocratic Britain are the standing material. Bowman continues to publish.

Valerie Burns writes the Bailey the Bloodhound Mysteries, cozy crime with an amateur woman sleuth and an animal in the cast. Baking runs through the titles: Two Parts Sugar, One Part Murder (2022), Murder is a Piece of Cake (2023), A Cup of Flour, A Pinch of Death (2024), Icing on the Murder (2025) and Murder at First Slice (2026). Six books are catalogued so far.

Valerie Keogh has 36 books catalogued from 2014 to 2026, opening with Deadly Sleep (2014) and reaching The Last Holiday (2026). Two series are named: Dublin Murder Mystery / Garda West and Hudson and Connolly. Several early Keogh titles carry two names in the listing, such as No Obvious Cause / Close Ranks and No Memory Lost / Death in Foxrock, and Secrets Between Us dates from 2018.

Valerie M. Bodden's 20 catalogued books date from 2019 to 2026. Titles published in 2019 include Not Until Forever, Not Until You and Not Until Christmas Morning, and Not Until Then followed in 2022. The series listed for Bodden are River Falls and Trinity Bay. Pieces of Forever dates from 2021, and Love That Redeems (2026) is the newest title.

Valerie Tripp

62 books• 5 series

Valerie Tripp, born in 1951, writes for children and is best known for the American Girl books. Molly, Felicity, Josefina and Kit each hold an American Girl heading in the catalogue, which runs to 62 titles published between 1986 and 2023. Meet Molly, Molly Learns a Lesson and Molly's Surprise all appeared in 1986, and the Felicity books start in 1991. Subject tags cover historical fiction, the Second World War, the Depression, Mexican Americans, ranch life, sisters and friendship. Susan McAliley, Dan Andreasen, Juliana Kolesova and Jean-Paul Tibbles carry credits alongside Tripp on some volumes. The listing is dormant.

Vampires, dragons, demons and jinn populate Valerie Twombly's paranormal romance catalogue. Forty books published between 2013 and 2026 divide into Eternally Mated, Demonic Desires, Demon Heat, Dragonkin's Court, A Jinn's Seduction, Beyond The Mist, Dark Horizons, Sparks of Desire and the Misfits of New Orleans. Amazon Heat (2013) is the earliest title and A Bargain of Shadow and Flame (2026) the newest, with the books running short at a median of 140 pages.

Valerie V.M. Burns has 19 catalogued books, from The Plot Is Murder (2017) to The Next Deadly Chapter (2025), with cozy, amateur-sleuth and women-sleuth mysteries among the subject tags. The author page lists the Dog Club Mystery and RJ Franklin Mystery series, along with a set of V.M. Burns short stories and novellas. Bookstores, retirees, real estate agents and police procedurals appear among the subjects. In the Dog House (2018) and Bookmarked for Murder (2019) are two further titles.

Valerie Wilson Wesley writes mysteries, adult novels and children's books, and was an executive editor of Essence magazine. Tamara Hayle, a woman private investigator in New Jersey, heads one series; Odessa Jones and Harriet Stone head two more, and Willimena Rules! and the Book Of Black Heroes are for younger readers. The catalogue holds 28 books published between 1991 and 2025, from Great Women in the Struggle (1991) to The Mysterious Death of Junetta Plum (2025). African American women, schools and sisters run through the subject headings.

Valerie Wolzien wrote suburban cozy mysteries. Murder at the PTA Luncheon (1988) opens 23 catalogued books ending with Death in Duplicate (2005). Susan Henshaw, a housewife, heads the first series, and Josie Pigeon, who works in construction, the second. Holidays supply many of the titles, We Wish You a Merry Murder (1991), All Hallows' Evil (1992), A Star-Spangled Murder (1993) and 'Tis the Season to Be Murdered (1994) among them, with seaside resorts and suburban life as settings.

Valerio Massimo Manfredi

23 books• 2 series

Valerio Massimo Manfredi, born in 1943, is an Italian historian, archaeologist, essayist and journalist who also writes historical fiction. Greece, Rome and Italy are among the subjects of Manfredi's 23 books, and Alexander appears in fiction. Child of a Dream, The Sands of Ammon and The Ends of the Earth all came out in 1998. Spartan, The Last Legion and Tyrant followed, and Manfredi also has an Odysseus series. Wolves of Rome (2019) is the latest.

Valerios writes LitRPG, with 19 books catalogued between 2022 and 2026. The First Step (2022) is the earliest title. Valerios's series are Road to Mastery, Cultivator vs. System, Twelfth Cataclysm, Good Guy Necromancer and a Road to Mastery light novel line. Other titles include What the Shell!?, Crab On! and Pincer Tactics. New releases arrive several times a year, and the catalogue remains ongoing.

Vanessa Gray Bartal writes cozy mysteries and romance. Lacy Steele is her recurring sleuth, with Sadie Cooper and Seldom Murphy heading mystery lines of their own. 94 catalogued books span 2011 to 2026, from A Christian Cougar (2011) to Puzzling Piece of Murder (2026). Other series include Paradise, Montana Chronicles, Spies Like Us, Private Spies, Brothers Courageous and Wedding Wishers. The 2010s were the busiest decade.

Regency romance makes up most of Vanessa Kelly's work, organised into the Renegade Royals, Improper Princesses and Clan Kendrick series, while the Emma Knightley Mystery books turn to historical crime. Illegitimate royal children, Scottish families and the aristocracy recur as material. Kelly's 26 catalogued books open with Mastering the Marquess (2009) and reach Murder at Donwell Abbey in 2025.

Vanessa Lillie writes suspense. Four books are catalogued between 2019 and 2025, Little Voices (2019), For the Best (2020), Blood Sisters (2023) and The Bone Thief (2025), with Syd Walker the series listed against the work. New motherhood, friendship, hallucination and homicide investigation are the recurring subjects, and Providence, Rhode Island, is one stated setting. Roughly two years separate one Lillie book from the next.

Vanessa Nelson has 29 catalogued books, published between 2018 and 2026 across five series: Hundred, Ageless Mysteries, Fractured Conclave, Taellaneth and Grey Gates. The run opens on a cluster of 2018 titles, Betrayed, Concealed, Revealed and Tainted, and continues through The Gathering (2019), The Sundering (2019), The Reckoning (2020) and The Rending (2020). A Fractured Conclave (2026) is the newest, and Nelson is still publishing.

Madeline's Protector (2013) is the first of 31 catalogued books by Vanessa Riley, an American novelist of Caribbean heritage working in historical fiction, romance and mystery. The newest title is Fire Sword and Sea (2026), and Unmasked Heart (2015) is among the early books. Series include A Port Elizabeth Regency Tale, Advertisements for Love, London Regency Romance Suspense Tales, Lady Worthington Mysteries, Rogues and Remarkable Women and Betting Against the Duke. Regency romance, abolitionists, racially mixed people and historical murder mysteries appear in the subjects.

Vanessa Vale is a USA Today bestselling romance author based in the American West, with more than one million copies sold. The catalogue counts 105 books from Claiming Catherine (2014) to Brazen (2026). Bridgewater Ménage, Bridgewater County, Steele Ranch, Wolf Ranch, Lenox Ranch Cowboys, Grade-A Beefcakes and Wild Mountain Men are among the series, and western romance, small town romance and erotica appear in the subject tags.

Crime families supply the backdrop for the contemporary romance of Vanessa Waltz: Cravotta Crime Family, Vittorio Crime Family, Sinners of Boston, Bad Boy Empire, Filthy Rich Villains and Dragons MC. Thirty-five books run from 2014 to 2024, seven of them dated 2014 alone, including Break, Crash, High Stakes and His Witness. Median length is 333 pages, and Ruined (2024) is the newest entry.

Amish settings run through Vannetta Chapman's catalogue: the recorded subjects name the Amish, Amish and Mennonite life, clergy, Christian romance, Christian suspense and mystery and detective fiction. 69 books are listed, from A Simple Amish Christmas (2010) to The Reimagined Life of Jade Morrow (2026). Indiana Amish Brides, Pebble Creek Amish, Shipshewana Amish Mystery, Amish Village Mystery and the Amish Bishop Mysteries are among the series under the Chapman name, and Chapman is still publishing.

Varian Johnson

13 books• 5 series

Varian Johnson, born in 1977, is an American writer of contemporary middle grade fiction, and My Life as a Rhombus (2007) sits among his novels. Two series stand under the name: Great Greene Heist and American Girl: Girl of the Year 2017. Recorded subjects include friendship, middle schools, African Americans, African American families and fathers and daughters. Thirteen books are catalogued between 2005 and 2022, taking in The Great Greene Heist (2014), The Parker Inheritance (2018) and Mister Miracle: The Great Escape (2022).

Various Authors is the catalogue entry for 153 children's and family titles with no single credited writer, published between 2010 and 2025. The earliest is The Very First Easter (2010) and the most recent is A Kids Book About Masculinity (2025). Bible story retellings for young readers make up much of the list, including Jesus Feeds the Hungry, David Battles Goliath and The Beginner's Bible Book of Prayers, alongside books on parenting, education and psychology. Titles average 64 pages.

Vaseem Khan

17 books• 3 series

India is the setting for Vaseem Khan's crime fiction. The Baby Ganesh Agency books put an ex-police officer and an elephant to private investigation, starting at The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra (2015), and the Malabar House novels begin at Midnight at Malabar House (2020). Jewel theft, murder and police procedure supply the cases. Eighteen catalogued titles reach The Edge of Darkness, and The Last Shot is scheduled for 2027.

Vashti Hardy writes children's fantasy, catalogued under young adult and children's stories with subjects that include mechanical beings and ghosts. Four series headings attach to Hardy: Brightstorm, Griffin Gate, Ghost Machine Adventure and Harley Hitch. The 8 books begin with Brightstorm (2018) and end with The Raven Riddle (2022), taking in WildSpark (2019), Darkwhispers and The Griffin Gate (2020), and Crowfall, Harley Hitch and the Iron Forest and The Puffin Portal (2021). The listing holds nothing newer than 2022.

Vasily Mahanenko is listed under LitRPG, with 79 books catalogued from 2012 onward and a Chronicles of Tiris entry scheduled for 2027. Survival Quest (2012) is the earliest title, followed by The Kartoss Gambit (2013), Start the Game (2015) and The Phantom Castle (2016). Series include Way of the Shaman, Law of the Jungle, Galactogon, Dark Paladin, Solo, Alchemist and World of the Changed. The catalogue is marked as ongoing.

Vaughn Heppner is catalogued under science fiction, with space opera, space warfare, human-alien encounters and interplanetary voyages among the recorded subjects. The catalogue holds 122 books from Giants (2001) to The Lost Maddox (2026), including a run of 2010 titles among them Battle Pod, Bio-Weapon, Dark Crusade, Eden, Gog and Leviathan. Series include the Lost Starship, the Lost Civilization, the Invaders, the Doom Star books, Extinction Wars, the Ark Chronicles, Gravity Wars and Starhunter. All 122 books are credited to Heppner alone.

Vawn Cassidy has written 14 books since 2021 across five series: Crawshanks Guide to the Recently Departed, Crawshanks Guide to Mischievous Spectres & Spirits, Crawshanks Guide to the Occult, Belong to Me and London Underside. Miz Dusty Le Frey (2021) is the first title. Suddenly Beck, Definitely Deacon and Forever Finn followed. The Little Shop of Curiosities The Music Box Part 2 (2026) is the newest, and Cassidy is still publishing.

Vela Roth writes romance and fantasy, and the Blood Grace series is the catalogued work. The 14 books run from 2022 to 2025, beginning with Blood Dance (2022). Blood Dream, Blood Legacy, Blood Mercy and Blood Sanctuary all appeared in 2022, along with the two-part Blood Union. Blood Slumber (2025) is the newest title, and Roth continues to publish.

Velda Johnston wrote American gothic romance, and also published as Veronica Jason. Raised and educated in Pasadena, California, Johnston sold a first short story while still at high school, then studied journalism at UCLA on a scholarship and wrote for the university newspaper. The 35 catalogued books run from Along a Dark Path (1967) to House of Illusion (2001), at a median of 218 pages, with four titles in 1971 alone: I Came to a Castle, Phantom Cottage, The Face in the Shadows and The People on the Hill. Romantic suspense, widows and Italy appear among the subjects.

Vendela Vida

8 books

Vendela Vida, born in 1971, is an American novelist, journalist, editor and screenwriter who founded and edits The Believer magazine and has taught writing. Eight books carry her credit, from Girls on the Verge (1999) to We Run the Tides (2021). Two of them collect Believer interviews: Confidence, or the Appearance of Confidence (2014) gathers music interviews and Let's Break Some Black Hearts (2015) a decade of film interviews. And Now You Can Go (2003), Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name (2007), The Lovers (2010) and The Diver's Clothes Lie Empty (2015) complete the run.

Venezia Miller writes mystery. Seven books have appeared since 2020: The Find (2020), Evil Beneath The Skin (2021), Retribution (2022), The Storm (2023), Darkened Heart and The Vanishing, both 2024, and When Shadows Return (2025). The catalogue is ongoing.

Vera Dodge is credited on 8 books published between 2010 and 2018, which the listing associates with Patchwork Mysteries. Muslin Mystery (2010) comes first, followed by Mystery on the Midway (2011), Rewriting History (2012), and Cooking the Books, Missing Pages and Poetry in Motion in 2013. To a Tea (2016) and Do You See What I See? (2018) close the run. The one book measured runs 345 pages.

Vera Foxx began publishing in 2022 and has 21 catalogued books through 2025. Foxx's series are Under the Moon, Under the Moon: God, Iron Fang and Promised Mates of Monktona Wood. The 2022 titles include Seeking Hades' Ember, Alpha of Her Dreams, Finding Love with the Fae King and The Exiled Dragon. Lucifer's Redemption and Twinning and Sinning also date from 2022. Anaki (2025) is the newest Foxx title.

Vera Nazarian, born in Moscow in 1966, is an Armenian-Russian American writer of fantasy and science fiction, an artist, and the publisher of Norilana Books. Dreams of the Compass Rose (2002) is a collage novel of interlinked stories, and Lords of Rainbow (2003) an epic fantasy set in a world without colour. The Cobweb Bride trilogy and the Atlantis Grail books follow, and Nazarian also wrote Jane Austen parodies: Mansfield Park and Mummies (2009) and Northanger Abbey and Angels and Dragons (2010). The catalogue holds 32 titles, reaching Xelio: Red in 2026, at a median of 408 pages.

Vered Ehsani writes paranormal fiction with Africa at its centre: Paranormal Africa: The Lion Shifters, Into The Afroverse and Safari Cards sit in the series list, and Ghosts of Tsavo (2015) and Revenge of the Mantis (2015) name the ground directly. Society For Paranormals is the longest run, with Wavily Witches, Realm Seekers and Ghost Post Mysteries beside it. The catalogue holds 55 books dated 2011 to 2026, from Diary of a Part-Time Ghost (2011) to Jack of Giraffes (2026).

Lady Eleanor Swift is the amateur detective behind almost all of Verity Bright's work, in a mystery series where every title names a murder, a death or the English social occasion it interrupts. A Very English Murder (2020) opens the run, followed by Death at the Dance, Murder in the Snow and A Lesson in Murder. Twenty-seven books had appeared by 2026, reaching Murder at the Winter Fair, at a median of 286 pages.

Verlene Landon writes romance. The catalogue records 20 books dated between 2015 and 2023, opening with Indelible You (2015) and ending with Clear Your Mind (2023), with Landon the sole credited writer on each. Series listed under the Landon name are Imagine Ink, Desert Phantoms MC, Devil's Handmaidens MC: Las Vegas, On the Road to Love and #LoveHack. No further Landon title has been catalogued since 2023.

Vernor Vinge

18 books• 3 series

Vernor Vinge, who lived from 1944 to 2024, was an American science fiction author and a professor of mathematics and computer science at San Diego State University. Vinge popularised the technological singularity more widely than anyone before him and was among the first writers to put a fictional cyberspace on the page. Hugo Awards followed for the novels A Fire Upon the Deep (1992), A Deepness in the Sky (1999) and Rainbows End (2006), and for two novellas. Eighteen titles are catalogued, starting with Tatja Grimm's World (1969).

Veronica Black is a pseudonym used by Maureen Peters, a writer of historical novels. The Veronica Black catalogue holds 27 books from Portrait of Sarah (1969) to Vow Of Evil (2004). Sister Joan Mystery is the listed series, and nuns, the character Sister Joan, Cornwall, women sleuths and romance all appear among the subjects. Earlier titles include A Footfall in the Mist (1971), Moonflete (1972) and Master of Malcarew (1973).

Veronica Chambers is an Afro-Latina author, teacher and magazine executive. Chambers has written and edited for publications including the New York Times Magazine, Newsweek and Glamour. Her 26 catalogued books span 1995 to 2024, from The Harlem Renaissance to Ida. Mama's Girl (1996), the Amigas series and Marisol and Magdalena sit in the list, with quinceañera traditions, Panamanian Americans and friendship among the subjects.

Veronica Douglas published 7 books between 2021 and 2023, from Wolf Marked (2021) to Forsaken Fate (2023). Two series divide them: Magic Side: Wolf Bound and Ruthless Gods: Wolf God. Wolves, magic and fate recur through the titles, among them Dark Lies (2022), Shadow Kissed (2022) and Hunter's Kiss (2023). No book has been added since 2023.

Dark romance heads the catalogue subjects for Veronica Eden, alongside mafia, bully, arranged marriage, reverse harem, paranormal and college themes. The 18 books appeared between 2019 and 2025, starting with Unmasked Heart (2019) and reaching Say It Isn't Snow (2025). Crowned Crows, Heston U Hotshots and Rejecting Fates are the series credited to Eden. Ruthless Bishop (2020), Savage Wilder (2021) and Hell Gate (2022) are among the other titles.

Veronica Heley writes British mystery fiction with women sleuths at the centre. Ellie Quicke, a widow turned investigator, and Bea Abbot of the Abbot Agency head the two longest series, both set around London. Heley also writes the Sam & Co School Adventures and Kate Overcomes books. Eighty titles span 1974 to 2026, beginning with the alliterative early run of Sue for Mercy, Scream for Sarah, Cry for Kit and Fear for Frances, and reaching False Relation (2026).

Veronica Henry is a British novelist, television script writer and journalist, born in 1963. Her 29 catalogued books run from Honeycote (2002), also published as A Country Christmas, to A Honeymoon in Venice (2026), and have sold over 2.5 million copies in 25 languages and 30 territories. A Night on the Orient Express took the Romantic Novel of the Year Award from the Romantic Novelists' Association in 2014. Two series are catalogued, Honeycote and Beach Hut, and English village communities, seaside resorts, breweries and the Cotswolds supply the settings.

Veronica Lancet has 26 catalogued books, published since 2020 and running to a 2027 release. Morally Corrupt (2020) opens the Morally Questionable series, joined by the War of Sins saga, the Catharsis Trilogy, the Morally Ambiguous Duet, House of Cryos, Eternal Cycles of Love and Wishing Game. Several titles carry alternative names in more than one language. Velakor (2026) is the newest, and The Birth of a Villainess is scheduled for 2027.

Veronica Rossi, born in 1973, is a Brazilian-American novelist. Under the Never Sky is the trilogy Rossi is known for, a New York Times bestseller whose film rights went to Warner Brothers and which has sold into more than 25 international markets. Nine books are catalogued between 2012 and 2023: Roar and Liv, Under the Never Sky, Brooke, Through the Ever Night, Into the Still Blue, Riders, Seeker, Rebel Spy and Roar of the Tides. Subjects record dystopias, survival, teenagers and the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.