Victoria Wilson-Crane Ph.D.

Advanced Grief Recovery Specialist, Dr Victoria Wilson-Crane supports adults grieving life losses. Educational innovator and leader, Vic used her academic writing skills and love of words as therapy as she faced significant bereavements in 2020.

Her award-winning memoir and self-help book Sixteen Days, published in January 2022, provides advice for those supporting others in shock and grief following sudden death. It helps people feel more confident to know what to say and do, when someone dies.

Vic lives in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, with her author husband, Roger, their daughter Holly Mae and their exuberant, unique, yet typically bonkers flat-coated retriever, Ted Hastings.

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January 2020. Her sudden unexpected and unexplained death. She's 22. Everyone wants to help. Few know what to say and do. Sad, funny, honest accounts. All true. How we were supported, what worked for us, and what experts say. Read Sixteen Days. Be confident supporting others in shock and grief.
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Cover is dark navy blue with the book title Sixteen Days: A sudden death.  What to say?  Image of a young woman's head, in profile, made up of sixteen white cyclamen flowers.  Name of author, Victoria Wilson-Crane Ph.D is at the bottom.