Annabel Venning is a British author and journalist. She was educated at Sherborne School for Girls and

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. After working at the ''

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'' in London, she left to write ''Following the Drum: The Lives of Army Wives and Daughters Past and Present'' (2005). Venning is the granddaughter of General Sir Walter Walker, a senior British soldier in the post-World War II period. Her father, Richard Venning, was a lieutenant-colonel of the

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. Venning is married to British author Guy Walters; the couple have two children. The family live in Wiltshire.

Bibliography

*''Following the Drum'' (2005),

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1973 births Living people British journalists Alumni of University College, Durham {{UK-journalist-stub