Helen Smith (writer)

Helen Smith is an English novelist and dramatist. She's a member of the Writers' Guild of Great Britain, English PEN and the Society of Authors.http://www.societyofauthors.org/search_pages/author-detail.html?id=6793 She lives in Brixton, London.

 Biography 
Helen Smith was born in London in November 1968. She has one daughter named 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.  Her first novel, Alison Wonderland,https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0575067187 was published in 1999 by Gollancz.

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

 Bibliography 
Novels
 2012 The Miracle Inspector 
 2011 Showstoppers  
 2010 Three Sisters  
 2000 Being Light 
 1999 Alison Wonderland 

Children's Books
 2004 Pirates, Swashbucklers & Buccaneers of London 
 2002 Grave-Robbers, Cut-throats & Poisoners of London 

Anthologies
2009 Freed Speech: Modern Poetry in Translation Series 3 No. 12 

 Theatre 
2010 The Memory ManArcola Theatre, London 
2009 Purple, Silver, Olive, OrangeArcola Theatre, London 
2007 The Psychic Detective National Theatre Watch This Space  and touring

 Radio drama 
1995 Looking for Baby Jesus

References

Other websites
author page at The Writers Guild of Great Britain 
author page at United Agents
author page at Orion 
Helen Smith's Official Website 
'Why I Blog' article in UK Writer, WGGB magazine 
'All about ebooks' podcast for WGGB 
Modern Poetry in Translation 

Category:1968 births
Category:English novelists
Category:Writers from London
Category:People from Brixton
Category:Living people