Like most writers I’m a complete bookworm. I was born in Uganda and came to England when I was six. I could already read when I started school, but unfortunately everything I’d learned about England had come from Janet and John books. I found going to school in Yorkshire was very different – and completely bewildering! Books were a great solace as I adjusted to the cold and the strange accent. Since then I’ve moved house many times, but certain books have always come with me. I’m in the process of moving to a much smaller house at the moment … and having to get rid of some beloved books has been a traumatic process!
I live near Saltaire, on the edge of the Yorkshire moors, and I find walking the landscape with my rescue dog is a great place to think up ideas for my own novels. Besides writing women’s fiction, I also spent a lot of time last year researching the lives of women in Halifax, West Yorkshire, for a historical non-fiction book that will be released on 28th February. Researching these women’s lives has been an eye-opener and, from feeling an outsider when I first arrived here as a child, has made me feel even more firmly fixed in my adopted home in Yorkshire.
My books are available on Amazonhttp://author.to/HelenaFairfax
In the Mouth of the Wolf is a re-release of my romantic suspense and is on pre-order now, available 8th Feb 2019 http://mybook.to/MouthoftheWolf
And my non-fiction book, Struggle and Suffrage in Halifax: Women’s Lives and the Fight for Equality will be released on 28th February and is available on pre-order from bookshops and Amazon https://www.amazon.co.uk/Struggle-Suffrage-Halifax-Womens-Equality/dp/1526717778/
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What a great author spotlight! I am all for learning and sharing about women’s history so I plan to read the Halifax-based book. Thanks Lizzie for introducing me to Helena!
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Love the cover and title of your new book, Helena.
It’s gorgeous, isn’t it!
Thanks so much, Lynn!