Helen Black
Helen Black (* in Pontefract , West Yorkshire ) is an English crime writer and lawyer .
biography
Helen Black grew up in Pontefract, Yorkshire, the daughter of a miner and a shop assistant. At the age of 18 she went to Hull University , where she studied law and successfully graduated in 1989. In her work as a lawyer, she mainly looks after young people.
Helen Black is a mother of twins and lives in north London.
She also incorporates this work experience as an author. This is how the crime novels of their main character Lilly Valentine mostly deal with cases of minors. Her first book was published in English under the title Damaged Goods in 2008 by HarperCollins- Verlag and a year later in German by Fischer -Verlag under the name of confidentiality . The successor account appeared less than a year later.
In recent years she has also written screenplays for television productions, for which she received the Kudos North Writers' Award in 2018 .
Works (selection)
- Lilly Valentine series
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Damaged Goods . 2008.
- German: confidentiality . Fischer Taschenbuchverlag, Frankfurt / M. 2009, ISBN 978-3-596-17780-6 .
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A place of safety . 2008.
- German: accountability . Fischer Taschenbuchverlag, Frankfurt / M. 2010, ISBN 978-3-596-17781-3 .
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Dishonour . 2009.
- German: guilty verdict . Fischer Taschenbuchverlag, Frankfurt / M. 2011, ISBN 978-3-596-19136-9 .
- Blood rush . 2010.
- Dark spaces . 2013.
- Friendless Lane . 2015.
- Novels
- Twenty Twelve . 2012.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Helen Black at Rochelle Stevens & Co., accessed January 21, 2019
- ↑ a b Helen Black - Credits at Rochelle Stevens & Co., accessed on January 21, 2019
- ↑ Kudos North Writers' Award - Winners Announced , BBC writers room, February 28, 2018, accessed January 21, 2019
- ↑ a b c Translated by Christine Strüh
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Black, Helen |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British crime writer and lawyer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pontefract , West Yorkshire |