Helen Fellman

A BAFTA-nominated Digital Producer, Yorkshire-born Helen Fellman grew up in South Wales and moved to London to start a career at the BBC, before settling in Manchester. She now writes and teaches courses in journalism, content creation, and creative production for broadcasters, social enterprises, universities and arts organizations in northern England. While she has spent most of her career working in the happy world of children’s media, she’s a true crime, thriller, and horror addict and embraces her dark side through her writing. Her debut thriller, Paper Cuts, written under the name Helen Blair, was longlisted for the Blue Pencil Agency First Novel Prize in 2023. When she isn’t torturing fictional characters through a keyboard, she loves exploring faded seaside towns, drinking margaritas, wearing outrageous clothes, and chillaxing with her Viking husband and pussycat, Elton John.