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Helen Cooper

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Born

The United Kingdom

Website

https://helencooperwriter.com/

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Genre

Thriller, Suspense, Mystery

Influences

Lisa Jewell, Gillian McAllister, Holly Seddon, Maggie O'Farrell, Sadie ...more

Member Since

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Helen Cooper is a writer of psychological thrillers living in Leicester, UK. She has a MA in Creative Writing and a background in teaching English and Academic Writing. As well as novels, she has short fiction published in Mslexia, Woman, Writers’ Forum, and others; she was shortlisted in the Bath Short Story Prize in 2014, and came third in the Leicester Writes Short Story Prize in 2018.

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Average rating: 3.69 · 20,030 ratings · 2,306 reviews · 6 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Downstairs Neighbor 3.68 avg rating — 7,651 ratings — published 2021 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Couple in the Photo 3.74 avg rating — 7,009 ratings — published 2023 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Other Guest 3.62 avg rating — 4,008 ratings — published 2022	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Darling Boy 3.64 avg rating — 1,554 ratings — published 2024 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Woman in the Villa 4.16 avg rating — 55 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Woman in the Villa: An utterly gripping psychological thriller with a heart-stopping twist 4.27 avg rating — 11 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Helen Cooper liked Karen's review of The Woman in the Villa: An utterly gripping psychological thriller with a heart-stopping twist: "One credit for this! Steal of the summer. Helen Cooper and Tamsin Kennard are brilliant with “The Woman in the Villa” and I was ecstatic with this pairing. From the very first sentence, I was hooked, sunburned and suspicious. Picture it: Italy. Scorch" Read more of this review »
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A beautiful collection of hopeful, thoughtful stories with strong characters, communities and settings, featuring nature, food, time travel, urban and rural environments, different worlds, future worlds, and our world, from a writer who can convey a ...more
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Incredibly beautiful and moving A wonderful sweeping love story, stunningly written, gripping, sharply observed and profoundly moving. I loved the scope of it but also the intimacy. Highly recommended
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Hilarious, sharp writing; a brilliantly chaotic protagonist who is so well drawn; an intriguing mystery, fun time loop concept, and also a strong emotional arc - I absolutely loved this book
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