Helen Fields
Helen Fields | |
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| Born | Helen Sarah Fields 1969 (age 55–56) |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Language | English |
| Children | 3 |
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Helen Sarah Fields (born 1969) is an English novelist and short story writer, who writes primarily in the crime fiction and thriller genres.[1][2]
Personal life
[edit]Fields is originally from Romsey, but moved to North Waltham in the early 2000s.[3]
She is a former criminal and family law barrister[4] who practiced criminal and family law cases for 13 years.[5] She has three children.[5] In 2017, she and her family moved to Southern California in the United States.[6]
Writing career
[edit]Fields is a million-copy best-selling crime writer[7] who has also written under the pen name HS Chandler. She is a member of the Society of Authors' board of directors.[8] Her books have been translated into Belgian, Chinese, Czech, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Macedonian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Slovakian, Spanish, Swedish, and Taiwanese.[1]
Fields began writing and self-publishing in the early 2000s, but considered it largely a hobby. She later found an agent and released her debut novel, Perfect Remains, in 2017 through HarperCollins.[3]
She has had articles published in magazines such as The Express Newspaper,[9] The Telegraph,[6] Country Life,[10] Harper's Bazaar,[11] and My Weekly.
Books
[edit]- One for Sorrow (2022)[5][12] ISBN 978-0008379339
- The The Last Girl to Die (2022)[13][14] ISBN 978-0008379360
- These Lost & Broken Things
- Perfect Kill[15][16] ISBN 978-0008275242
- Degrees of Guilt (writing as HS Chandler)[17] ISBN 978-1409178217
- Perfect Remains (2017, HarperCollins)[3] ISBN 978-0008181550
- Perfect Prey ISBN 978-0008181581
- Perfect Death ISBN 978-0008181611
- Perfect Silence (2018) ISBN 978-0008275174
- Perfect Crime ISBN 978-0008275204
- The Shadow Man[18] ISBN 978-0008379308
- The Institution [19][7] ISBN 978-0008533519
- Profile K [20][21]
- The Profiler ISBN 978-0008533564
- These Lost & Broken Things ISBN 978-0957124653
Short stories
[edit]- "Let the Shadows Fall" (an anthology 'Scotland's Stories')[22]
- "Midsummer Mysteries" (anthology short story) ISBN 978-1804177266
- "Death Comes at Christmas" (anthology short story) ISBN 978-1803369426
References
[edit]- ^ a b Bunting, Ian (2023-04-29). "Best-selling crime author and former lawyer latest guest at reading group event". Daily Record. Retrieved 2025-03-16.
- ^ "Crime author Helen Fields on how Edinburgh inspires her books". The Herald. 2021-04-18. Retrieved 2025-03-16.
- ^ a b c "North Waltham author writes debut crime thriller". Basingstoke Gazette. 2017-01-22. Retrieved 2025-03-16.
- ^ "The Health Lottery Podcast with former Criminal Barrister Helen Fields". Wellbeing Magazine. 2024-10-07. Retrieved 2025-03-16.
- ^ a b c McDonald, Sally (2022-03-11). "Meet the author: Helen Fields on new book One For Sorrow". The Sunday Post. Retrieved 2025-03-16.
- ^ a b Fields, Helen (2018-08-17). "We moved to America – and then our daughter was caught in a high school shooting situation". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2025-03-16.
- ^ a b "WATCH: best-selling crime author Helen Fields talks to Phil Hewitt". SussexWorld. 2023-04-10. Retrieved 2025-03-16.
- ^ "Helen Fields/H S Chandler – The Society of Authors". Retrieved 2025-03-16.
- ^ Fields, Helen (2023-02-07). "I was raped by police but scared to report it - power still abused". Express.co.uk. Retrieved 2025-03-16.
- ^ Fields, Helen (2022-09-24). "The Witches of Mull, and other spine-chilling stories from an island full of myth and magic". CountryLifeMagazine. Retrieved 2025-03-16.
- ^ "Happy Valley, Tommy Lee Royce and the problem with attractive serial killers". Harpers Bazaar. Archived from the original on 2023-03-27. Retrieved 2025-03-16.
- ^ McElhone, Nora (2022-03-26). "BOOKS: Helen Fields on becoming her own hero". The Courier. Retrieved 2025-03-16.
- ^ Campbell, Rita (2022-12-30). "Mull has its share of witches, legends and myths - but does this thriller give the island a bad name?". Press and Journal. Retrieved 2025-03-16.
- ^ Gavan, Rachael (2022-10-26). "Murder on Mull – An Interview With Scottish Crime Writer Helen Fields". Wilderness Scotland. Retrieved 2025-03-16.
- ^ "10 great reads from Hampshire-based authors". Great British Life. 2020-04-26. Retrieved 2025-03-16.
- ^ Alix (2020-05-28). "2020 Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Longlist". Ian Fleming. Retrieved 2025-03-16.
- ^ "Claire Allan, author of The Nurse writes an open letter to Helen Fields". femalefirst.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2022-06-09. Retrieved 2025-03-16.
- ^ "The Most Unforgettable Female Leads in Crime Fiction". CrimeReads. 2022-05-24. Retrieved 2025-03-16.
- ^ "Helen Fields turns up the tension in this grisly, twisty thriller". The Independent. 2023-03-12. Retrieved 2025-03-16.
- ^ Hay, Allison (2024-04-25). "Profile K | Helen Fields". My Weekly. Retrieved 2025-03-16.
- ^ "Q&A: author Helen Fields". Bookbrunch. Retrieved 2025-03-16.
- ^ "Let the Shadows Fall by Helen Fields". Scottish Book Trust. Retrieved 2025-03-16.
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