Helen Simonson

Helen Simonson is an English author who lives in the United States.

Early life

Helen Simonson was born and raised in England. When she was a teenager, her family moved to East Sussex.[1] She attended university in London, then moved to the United States, where she has lived for more than three decades and is a citizen. She is a resident of Brooklyn and has also lived in the Washington, D.C. area.[1] Her first two books are set in rural East Sussex.

Bibliography
  • Simonson, Helen (2010). Major Pettigrew's Last Stand. Random House. ISBN 9781400068937.[2][3]
  • Simonson, Helen (2016). The Summer Before the War. Random House. ISBN 9780812993103.[4][5]

Film

Screen rights to Major Pettigrew's Last Stand were sold in 2011 to producers Paula Mazur, Mitchell Kaplan and Kevin McCormick. They hired Jack Thorne to write the screenplay.[6]

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References
  1. "About Me". helensimonson.com. Retrieved 2017-03-14.
  2. "Major Pettigrew's Last Stand". helensimonson.com.
  3. "Major Pettigrew's Last Stand". Goodreads. Retrieved 2017-03-19.
  4. "The Summer Before the War". helensimonson.com.
  5. "The Summer Before the War". Goodreads. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
  6. "'Major Pettigrew's Last Stand' In Film Deal". Deadline Hollywood. 2011-06-23.
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