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Helen Smith (writer)

Helen Smith is an English novelist and dramatist. She is a member of the Mystery Writers of America, English PEN and the Crime Writers' Association. She lives in Brixton, London.

Biography

Helen Smith is a novelist and playwright who lives in London. She has one daughter, Lauren, with the writer Damon Rochefort. When her daughter was small, they travelled extensively in Australia, South East Asia, Hong Kong and South America before returning to the UK where her first novel, Alison Wonderland, was published.

Helen Smith was a winning writer in the IRDP London Playwrights Festival and was the recipient of an Arts Council Award for The Miracle Inspector. Her novels have been optioned for development by the BBC. She volunteers as a writing mentor with the Write to Life group run by the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture.

Bibliography

Novels

  • 2014 Beyond Belief (Emily Castles Mystery)
  • 2013 Invitation to Die (Emily Castles Mystery)
  • 2012 The Miracle Inspector
  • 2011 Showstoppers
  • 2010 Three Sisters
  • 2000 Being Light
  • 1999 Alison Wonderland

Short Stories

  • 2014 Purple, Silver, Olive, Orange
  • 2014 The Memory Man
  • 2014 Real Elves

Children's Books

  • 2004 Pirates, Swashbucklers & Buccaneers of London
  • 2002 Grave-Robbers, Cut-throats & Poisoners of London

Anthologies

  • 2016 Killer Women Crime Club Anthology 978-1527200715
  • 2014 The London Stories
  • 2014 Six Pack of Sleuths ASIN B00N9HTAPC
  • 2013 Naughty or Nice ASIN B00HBZ1KY2
  • 2009 Freed Speech: Modern Poetry in Translation Series 3 No. 12

Theatre

2010 The Memory Man Arcola Theatre, London <br /> 2009 Purple, Silver, Olive, Orange Arcola Theatre, London <br /> 2007 The Psychic Detective National Theatre Watch This Space and touring

Radio drama

1995 Looking for Baby Jesus

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