Photo credit: Photography by Gem (2020)
Helen Cooper is a writer of psychological thrillers living in Leicester, UK. She has taught English and Academic Writing in both Further and Higher Education and was Head of Learning Enhancement at the University of Birmingham. She has an MA in Creative Writing from Nottingham Trent University and has been published in Woman, Writers’ Forum, Mslexia, the Lincolnshire Echo, Derbyshire Life, and on the Crime Readers' Association website. She was shortlisted for the Bath Short Story Prize in 2014 and came third in the Leicester Writes Short Story Prize in 2018. Her novels include The Downstairs Neighbour, published in 2021, The Other Guest (2022), and The Couple In The Photo (2023). Helen has also co-authored two books on academic writing for university students - Where's Your Argument? and Using Feedback to Boost Your Grades - published by Bloomsbury Academic. She is currently vice president of Leicester Writers' Club. She lives in Leicester with her fiance and cat, and loves reading, walking, pasta, and wine. Her agent is Hellie Ogden, WME books. |