| Helen Walsh | |
| Nationality: | English |
| Birth Date: | 1976 |
| Birth Place: | Warrington, Cheshire |
| Occupation: | Screenwriter, film director, author |
| Known For: | Brass |
Helen Walsh (born 1976) is an English novelist, screenwriter and film director.[1] Her novels include Brass, which won a Betty Trask Award, and Once Upon a Time in England, which won a Somerset Maugham Award.
Walsh was born in Warrington, Cheshire, in 1976.[2] At the age of 16, she moved to Barcelona, Spain but returned to England in her early twenties.
Her first novel, Brass, was published in 2004 and won a Betty Trask Award. Her second novel, Once Upon a Time In England, was published in 2008 and won a 2009 Somerset Maugham Award and was shortlisted for the 2008 Portico Prize. Her third novel, Go to Sleep was published in 2011.[3] All three were published by Canongate Press.
Walsh's most recent novel, The Lemon Grove, was published in 2014 by Tinder Press. It concerns the illicit relationship between a woman and her stepdaughter's 17-year-old boyfriend on holiday in Mallorca.
Walsh has also worked in film and television. Her feature directorial debut, The Violators, was released in 2016.[4] In 2024, Channel 4 will broadcast her television thriller The Gathering.[5] [6]