Helen Walsh

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.

Helen Walsh
Born	1976 Warrington, Cheshire
Nationality	English
Occupation(s)	Screenwriter, film director, author
Known for	Brass

Early life

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.

Career

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]