She's worked in senior reporting and editing roles in Australian journalism. She is now managing editor of The Australian newspaper and has worked in key senior roles at News Ltd and Fairfax. She has also written non-fiction books, the latest of which is a biography - "Madeleine: A Life of Madeleine St John" (March 2013, Text Publishing) and is based on her extensive research on the expatriate writer who was the first Australian woman to be nominated for the Booker Prize. Helen Trinca has been a journalist for 35 years, working at The West Australian, The Australian, the ABC and The Sydney Morning Herald before moving to The Australian Financial Review to set up and edit Boss magazine.