Helen Laycock

Helen Laycock is a British author who writes for children and adults. CHILDREN'S FICTION (MG) She has penned eight children's books for 8-12-year-olds (Book Nine out soon!) and was formerly employed as a writer by an educational publisher. *GLASS DREAMS *THE SECRET OF POOKS WOOD *SALT *MANDRAKE'S PLOT *MARTHA AND MITCH *SONG OF THE MOON *CHARLIE CHUMPKINS *A MOUTHFUL OF CHUCKLES (Poetry) Helen Laycock | Children's Author: https://helenlaycock.wixsite.com/helen-laycock SHORT STORIES Helen Laycock's short stories appear in a variety of anthologies and magazines as well as in her own collections, and have been successful in many writing competitions. Her first attempt at play-writing secured her a shortlisting in Pint-Sized Plays in 2016. FLASH FICTION In 2018, she was commissioned as a lead writer at Visual Verse and her flash fiction has featured in several editions of The Best of CafeLit. Pieces have been showcased in the Cabinet of Heed, the Ekphrastic Review, Paragraph Planet, Reflex Fiction and Lucent Dreaming – whose inaugural flash competition she won. She was longlisted in Mslexia’s 2019 flash fiction competition and her work has appeared in the Flash Flood as part of National Flash Fiction Day. Helen Laycock has written several collections of short stories for adults: *LIGHT BITES *PEACE AND DISQUIET *MINOR DISCORD *CONFESSIONS *WINGIN' IT: TALL TALES OF (FULLY-GROWN) FAIRIES WITH ISSUES *THE DARKENING *WIND BLOWN (Microfiction) Visual Verse: https://visualverse.org/writers/helen-laycock/ Fiction in a Flash: https://helenlaycock.wixsite.com/fiction-in-a-flash Tiny Tales https://helenlaycock.wixsite.com/tinytales POETRY Former recipient of the David St. John Thomas Award, and nominee for the Dai Fry Award, Helen Laycock’s poetry collection 'Frame' was recently featured as Book of the Month by the East Ridge Review. Her poetry has appeared in Popshot, Poems for Grenfell (Onslaught), Lucent Dreaming, Full Moon and Foxglove (Three Drops Press), and most recently has been published by Black Bough, Literary Revelations and The Storms. Her children's poetry has been twice published in The Caterpillar Magazine. *13 *FRAME *BREATHE *RAPTURE Conjuring Marble into Cloud: https://helenlaycock.wixsite.com/marbleintocloud She also has collections of humorous poetry, one each for children and adults. She can be followed on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/helenlaycockauthor/ and Twitter: @helen_laycock and on her blog: https://catchingcottonclouds.wordpress.com/