Val Wilmer

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Valerie Sybil Wilmer (born 7 December 1941 in Harrogate, England) is a British photographer and writer specialising in jazz and British African-Caribbean culture.

A contributor over the years to Melody Maker, Down Beat (she was its UK correspondent 1966-70)), The Wire and other publications. She has also contributed obituaries on musicians to The Guardian. Her books includes Jazz People (1970), As Serious as Your Life (1977) and Mama Said There'd Be Days Like This: My Life in the Jazz World (1989), an autobiography.

Val Wilmer's brother is the poet and writer Clive Wilmer.