Helen Simonson

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Helen Simonson is an English author who lives in the United States.

Early life[edit]

Helen Simonson was born and raised in England. When she was a teenager, her family moved to East Sussex.[1] She attended university in London, then moved to the United States, where she has lived for more than three decades and is a citizen. She is a resident of Brooklyn and has also lived in the Washington, D.C. area.[1] Her first two books are set in rural East Sussex.

Bibliography[edit]

  • Simonson, Helen (2010). Major Pettigrew's Last Stand. Random House. ISBN 9781400068937.[2][3]
  • Simonson, Helen (2016). The Summer Before the War. Random House. ISBN 9780812993103.[4][5]

Film[edit]

Screen rights to Major Pettigrew's Last Stand were sold in 2011 to producers Paula Mazur, Mitchell Kaplan and Kevin McCormick. They hired Jack Thorne to write the screenplay.[6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "About Me". helensimonson.com. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Major Pettigrew's Last Stand". helensimonson.com.
  3. ^ "Major Pettigrew's Last Stand". Goodreads. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  4. ^ "The Summer Before the War". helensimonson.com.
  5. ^ "The Summer Before the War". Goodreads. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  6. ^ "'Major Pettigrew's Last Stand' In Film Deal". Deadline Hollywood. 23 June 2011.

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