Helen Cooper is from Derby. 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 a MA in Creative Writing from Nottingham Trent University and has been published in Writers' Forum, Mslexia, the Bath Short Story Prize Anthology (2014) and the Leicester Writes Short Story Prize Anthology (2018). The Downstairs Neighbour is her first novel.
Genres: Mystery
New and upcoming books
Novels
The Downstairs Neighbour (2021)
The Other Guest (2022)
The Couple in the Photo (2023)
My Darling Boy (2024)
The Other Guest (2022)
The Couple in the Photo (2023)
My Darling Boy (2024)
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