Helen Fripp is a historical novelist signed by Hachette/Bookouture and is available for literary festivals and events to speak about her books, and the extraordinary women who inspired them. She is also available as a panelist and moderator. Contact Helen Fripp

Helen holds an MA in Creative Writing from Bath Spa University, is a member of the Society of Authors, and winner of the Bronze Historical Fiction Company Hugo award 2024

Themes

  • Rulebreakers, resisters, revolutionaries and renegades - female trailblazers from the fifteenth century Venice to WWII. The extraordinary women who inspired my books.

  • Inspiration/Education: My route to publishing - inspiration on getting started, the dreaded ‘middle’, and finishing, along with anecdotes and advice for getting your work down on the page.

  • Evoking place: Discussion and Q&A in collaboration with interiors photographer Claire Worthy

  • Bilingual English/French festivals

  • Bespoke discussions, presentations and collaborations

  • Moderation and panel discussions

Radio, podcasts and videos

Paris Underground Radio podcast - Inspirations, heroines, French exchanges, Antoine De Saint-Exupéry and The Resistance

A drop in for a cuppa at Angela’s cafe

I loved chatting about what sparked the scene where a zebra rampages through the streets of Montrmartre, what my research uncovered about the Impressionists we think we know, and how setting a story in the past sets me free.