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Helen Humphreys was born in 1961 in England and moved to Canada when she was a young girl. She was kicked out of high school in grade 10 and attended an alternative school to finish her education. Humphreys lives in Kingston, Ontario.

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Books by Helen Humphreys

	1986 Gods and Other Mortals (poetry)	Amazon.ca Amazon.com Biblio.com
	1990 Nuns Looking Anxious, Listening to Radios (poetry)	Amazon.ca Amazon.com Biblio.com
	1991 Ethel on Fire (novella)	Amazon.ca Amazon.com Biblio.com
	1995 The Perils of Geography (poetry)	Amazon.ca Amazon.com Biblio.com
	1998 Leaving Earth (novel)	Amazon.ca Amazon.com Biblio.com
	2000 Anthem (poetry)	Amazon.ca Amazon.com Biblio.com
	2000 Afterimage (novel)	Amazon.ca Amazon.com Biblio.com
	2002 The Lost Garden (novel) During WWII, a horticulturalist discovers a mysterious garden while working at a country estate.	Amazon.ca Amazon.com Biblio.com
	2004 Wild Dogs (novel)	Amazon.ca Amazon.com Biblio.com
	2007 The Frozen Thames (short stories)	Amazon.ca Amazon.com Biblio.com
	2008 Coventry (novel) A widow helps a young man search for his mother after their town is bombed during WWII.	Amazon.ca Amazon.com Biblio.com
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Awards

• Canada Reads
  • 2003 – The Lost Garden – Shortlisted

• Evergreen Award
  • 2009 – Coventry – Shortlisted

• Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize
  • 2000 – Afterimage – Winner

Added 13 March 2006.
Updated 19 April 2010.