Valerie Bloom was born in 1956 in Clarendon, Jamaica and moved from her hometown to England in 1979 to attend the University of Kent at Canterbury, where she earned an honors degree from 1982 to 1984. Throughout her life, Bloom has worked in various roles including as a librarian, arts officer, and steel band instructor, and has published multiple poetry books inspired by her Caribbean upbringing in Jamaica such as "Whoop and Shout" in 2003 and "Hot like Fire" in 2002.

2. Valerie Bloom was born in 1956,Clarendon Jamaica.

3. In 1979 she decided to move from her home town to England where she attended the University of Kent at Canterbury.

4. From 1982 to 1984 she earned an honours degree at the University of Kent she was later awarded an Honorary Masters Degrees .

5. Throughout her life she has had many different jobs including a librarian an arts officer and even a steel band instructor.

7. She is inspired by Caribbean life as she grew up in Jamaica. She also uses a lot of Creole in her poetry.

8. She has published many poetry books including `Whoop and shout’ which is a children’s poetry Book and was published in 2003 and `Hot like Fire’ which is a poetry book for all ages and was published in 2002.