Sandra de Helen

Poet

Portland, OR
Oregon US
Email: 
dehelens@gmail.com
Website: 
sandradehelen.substack.com

Author's Bio

Sandra de Helen, author of the Shirley Combs/Dr. Mary Watson series and the lesbian thriller Till Darkness Comes is a produced playwright, as well as a poet. Launch Point Press publishes her poetry. The first three collections, Desire Returns for a Visit, Lesbian Humor is not an Oxymoron, Poetry for the People, I Eat My Words, and Migraines and Their Remedies are available now wherever books are sold. More collections are forthcoming. Desire Returns is also available in audiobook format, as are the mysteries and the thriller.

Publications & Prizes

Books:
Migraines and Their Remedies (Launch Point Press, 2023)
,
I Eat My Words (Launch Point Press, 2022)
,
Poetry for the People (Launch Point Press, 2020)
,
Lesbian Humor is Not an Oxymoron (Launch Point Press, 2019)
,
Stonewall's Legacy: A Poetry Anthology (Local Gems Press, 2019)
,
Desire Returns for a Visit (Launch Point Press, 2018)
Journals:
Artemis
,
Lavender Review
,
Medical Journal of Australia
,
Mom Egg Review
,
Stillwater Review
,
The Dandelion Review

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Personal Favorites

Favorite authors: 
Kate Kasten, Molly Gloss, Val McDermid, Zadie Smith, Jacqueline Woodson, Emma Donoghue, Andrea Gibson, Andrea Carlisle, Emily Dickinson, Jessamyn Ward.
What I'm reading now: 
A Place of Greater Safety by Hilary Mantel

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
LGBTQ
Prefers to work with: 
Adults, LGBTQ
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Jefferson City, MO
Missouri
Raised in: 
Newburg, MO
Missouri
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Last update: Jan 24, 2024