The Joined Up Writing Podcast
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Joined Up Live with Helen Cooper - JU220
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It’s episode 220 and it’s with psychological thriller writer, Helen Cooper who I interviewed in front of a live audience at Leicester’s Central Library. It was the first Joined Up Live and I got to chat to Helen about her latest gripping book, My Darling Boy, as well as how she became a writer, what makes a great psychological thriller, why perseverance is everything and of course we will get to hear about the Book That Saved Her Life.
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, The Other Guest, The Couple In The Photo and now, her latest book, My Darling Boy.
She is currently president of Leicester Writers' Club. She lives in Leicester with her new husband and cat.
Find all of Helen's links on her website here.
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