Helon Habila Ngalabak (an haife shi a watan Nuwamba na shekarar 1967) marubuci ne ɗan Najeriyar wanda rubuce-rubucen sa suka ci kyaututtuka da dama, ciki har da kyautar Caine a 2001. Ya yi aiki a matsayin malami kuma ɗan jarida a Nijeriya kafin ya koma Ingila a 2002, inda ya kasance Babban Malamin Chevening a Jami'ar East Anglia. A yanzu yana koyar da rubuce-rubuce a Jami'ar George Mason, Washington, DC. An haifi Helon Habila a garin Kaltungo, jihar Gombe, Najeriya. Yayi karatun Turanci da Adabin Turanci a Jami’ar Jos sannan yayi lakca na tsawon shekaru uku a Federal Polytechnic, Bauchi. A shekarar 1999 ya je Legas ya rubuta wa mujallar Hints, inda ya koma jaridar Vanguard a matsayin Editan Adabi. A 2016 an nada shi shugaban kwamitin alkalai na kyautar Etisalat ta 2016 akan Adabi. Prison Stories (2000), Epik Books Waiting for an Angel: A Novel (2004), Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-101006-1 New Writing 14 (2006), Granta Books Measuring Time: A Novel (2007), W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 0-393-05251-6.