Meet Dr Helen Edwards, Children's & YA Author, Speaker & Psychology PhD.
Dr Helen Edwards is an Australian children's & YA author and speaker who weaves diverse stories of nature, magic and history.
The Rebels of Mount Buffalo, is out now with Riveted Press. It's a captivating time-slip tale in which a girl lost to grief meets a daring rebel on a misty mountain who guides her to rediscover her courage and find her way home. This middle-grade novel was shortlisted in the Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards. It was also longlisted in the DANZ - The Diversity in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand Children's Book Award.
Helen's second novel, Legend of the Lighthouse Moon is out now also with Riveted Press. Rich with folklore and brimming with adventure, Legend of the Lighthouse Moon is a dazzling tale of family, resilience, and the enduring magic of the sea. Join Mona McKenna on a journey of self-discovery where the whispers of the past guide her towards a future filled with hope, love, and legends brought to life.
With thanks to Arts SA for supporting both of these projects.
Latest From Helen's Blog
That is enough, saying no & doing the big things
Happy New Year! Christmas Rewind 7, October Post, Saying No & doing the big things I get a lot of opportunities to travel in my work and PhD study and have done a lot of it over the past 10 years. Some has been to far flung places like South Africa (which was the best…
Read MoreAnd now you are gone, in memory of Denice
Merry Christmas! Christmas Rewind 2 – for those who are missing loved ones today, here is my May post rewind, in memory of all those we have loved and lost Helen xx And now you are gone. You didn’t mention your pain, like always, the gracious friend not looking inwards, just out to others like…
Read MoreFinding the Sweet Spot in a Creative Life
I used to be a runner. Then I stopped. As you do when life gets in the way and you start to do other things, like fall in love, go to university, have kids, experience changes in your body that stop you from this motion. I used to find the sweet spot in running, where you…
Read MoreKambrook Blitz2Go Blender, “Guilt Free, Chocolate, Banana, Blueberry, Walnut Smoothie”!
It was hot here on Saturday in Adelaide. I can feel the turn of the sun to that blistering heat of an Adelaide Summer and I am not liking it. I am not a hot weather person. Added to that, I had a bad night with my type 1 diabetes the night before resulting in…
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