Helen Cooper

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 a Master's Degree in Creative Writing from Nottingham Trent University and has been published in Writers’ Forum, Mslexia, Woman, the Lincolnshire Echo and Derbyshire Life. 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, The Other Guest, The Couple In The Photo and My Darling Boy.

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 and written in collaboration with Michael Shoolbred.-Amazon