About Helen...
Helen grew up on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland. Throughout her childhood she loved to read and write stories, but after school took the sensible option of a 'real' job in a bank instead of chasing her literary dreams. Fast forward a couple of years and she had a "good" job but no passion for what she was doing. A major restructure of the bank seemed like a great opportunity to go back to study.
Helen completed her BA at the University of QLD and a few years after graduating (after some overseas travel and another non-literary job) she started a business assisting people to write their life stories. While she loved it and it fulfilled her dream of writing for a living, she still couldn't quell her desire to write creatively as well and revisited a manuscript of a novel she had begun a few years before.
Helen has always loved the beach and in her childhood had visited a couple of old timber, Queenslander holiday houses. She always remembered the ambience of these classic old houses (unfortunately there aren't too many of them left) and really wanted to write a story based on such a house. That story was The Beach House which was published in 2011.
Helen's second novel Room 46 was published in 2015. Her third book, Third Offence was published in 2017. Her fourth novel will hopefully be released in 2024.
Helen completed her BA at the University of QLD and a few years after graduating (after some overseas travel and another non-literary job) she started a business assisting people to write their life stories. While she loved it and it fulfilled her dream of writing for a living, she still couldn't quell her desire to write creatively as well and revisited a manuscript of a novel she had begun a few years before.
Helen has always loved the beach and in her childhood had visited a couple of old timber, Queenslander holiday houses. She always remembered the ambience of these classic old houses (unfortunately there aren't too many of them left) and really wanted to write a story based on such a house. That story was The Beach House which was published in 2011.
Helen's second novel Room 46 was published in 2015. Her third book, Third Offence was published in 2017. Her fourth novel will hopefully be released in 2024.
