Helen Simonson

Helen Simonson is an English author who lives in the United States.

Early life

Helen Simonson was born and raised in England. When she was a teenager, her family moved to East Sussex.^[1] She attended university in London, then moved to the United States, where she has lived for more than three decades and is a citizen. She is a resident of Brooklyn and has also lived in the Washington, D.C. area.^[1] Her first two books are set in rural East Sussex.

Bibliography

• Simonson, Helen (2010). Major Pettigrew's Last Stand. Random House. ISBN 9781400068937.^[2][3]
• Simonson, Helen (2016). The Summer Before the War. Random House. ISBN 9780812993103.^[4][5]
• Simonson, Helen (2024). The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club. Random House. ISBN 9781984801319.^[6]

Film

Screen rights to Major Pettigrew's Last Stand were sold in 2011 to producers Paula Mazur, Mitchell Kaplan and Kevin McCormick. They hired Jack Thorne to write the screenplay.^[7]