Helen Walsh (born 1976) is an English novelist and film director. Her novels include Brass, which won a Betty Trask Award, and Once Upon a Time in England, which won a Somerset Maugham Award.

Personal life

Walsh was born in Warrington, Cheshire, in 1976.^[1] At the age of 16, she moved to Barcelona, Spain but returned to England in her early twenties.

Writing

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.^[2] 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.

Film

Walsh has also worked in the film industry. Her directorial debut The Violators was released in 2016.^[3]