Dr Val Wilson is an academic with a Ph.D and MSc. in diabetes health education, as well as having had Type 1 diabetes for 43 years. Her mission is to help others with diabetes, health professionals and carers by providing information, education and support through her diabetes books. In 2016, DIABETES: FROM THE EBERS PAPYRUS TO STEM CELL TECHNOLOGY won a silver award from the Non-Fiction Authors' Association. HOW TO LIVE WELL WITH DIABETES has been nominated for the 2020/2021 British Medical Association book awards and most recently, HOW TO REDUCE YOUR CHILD'S SUGAR INTAKE, was published in January 2021. Dr Wilson is published by Robinson, Little, Brown Book Group.