Valerie Joy Watson (née Evans; 21 February 1938 – 4 October 2021) was a New Zealand author of children's books, many of which were published by Scholastic Corporation.
[3] Watson was born in Gisborne on 21 February 1938[4] to a farming family, she was the second (and only girl) of four children.
[4] Largely educated by correspondence, she later attended school at Waipukurau and St Mary's College, Wellington.
[1] In 2015, Grandpa's Slippers was a fiction nomination for the Great Kiwi Classic,[7] adapted into a stage show,[8] and included in the Devonport-Takapuna Local Grants for 2017/2018.
[1] In 2012, Watson dedicated preschool story time to the community of Hastings for New Zealand Book Month.