helen midgley

My name is Helen Midgley and I like to think of myself as a cross between Dawn French and Kate Moss. I have been in the witness protection programme for a number of
years and once lived in Brighton as a bearded mechanic called Dave! My current incarnation is as a part-time Journalism & Media tutor at a small FE College in Yorkshire. I
have survived cancer, dandruff and athlete’s foot and have a penchant for black humour and red wine.

My first short story was a humorous autobiographical short on my journey with Cervical Cancer ‘Walking with the Beast’. A magazine picked up the story and the piece was
serialised. I am currently working on my first novel, very very slowly.

I wrote my very first poem about 8 months ago and have been addicted ever since,