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Helen Smith
BornNovember 1968
Brixton, London, England
OccupationWriter
NationalityEnglish
Period1999-present
GenreFiction, Mystery, Dystopian, Children's
Website
http://www.emperorsclothes.co.uk

Helen Smith is an English novelist and dramatist. She's a member of the Writers' Guild of Great Britain,[1] English PEN and the Society of Authors.[2] She lives in Brixton, London.[3]

Biography

Helen Smith was born in London in November 1968 and she has one daughter, 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 where her first novel, Alison Wonderland,[4] was published in 1999 by Gollancz.

She was a winning writer in the IRDP London Playwrights Festival[5] and her novels have been optioned for development by the BBC. She continues to work as a novelist and playwright and 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.[6]

Bibliography

Novels

  • 2012 The Miracle Inspector ISBN 978-0956517050
  • 2011 Showstoppers ISBN 123-0000013986
  • 2010 Three Sisters ISBN 123-0000013987
  • 2000 Being Light[7] ISBN 0-7538-1435-8
  • 1999 Alison Wonderland ISBN 978-1-935597-75-9

Children's Books

  • 2004 Pirates, Swashbucklers & Buccaneers of London ISBN 1-904153-17-8
  • 2002 Grave-Robbers, Cut-throats & Poisoners of London ISBN 1-904153-00-3

Anthologies

  • 2009 Freed Speech: Modern Poetry in Translation Series 3 No. 12 ISBN 978-0-955906-42-8

Theatre

2010 The Memory Man[8]Arcola Theatre, London
2009 Purple, Silver, Olive, Orange[9]Arcola Theatre, London
2007 The Psychic Detective[10] National Theatre Watch This Space [11] and touring

Radio drama

1995 Looking for Baby Jesus

References

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