Author of Australian small-town mysteries
Helen Stephenson is an Australian author who writes atmospheric small-town mysteries set along the Queensland coast. Her stories explore the secrets that simmer beneath quiet communities, where familiar faces hide complicated pasts and long-buried truths refuse to stay buried.
Drawing inspiration from coastal towns, cane fields, and close-knit communities, Helen’s novels blend suspense with strong sense of place and emotionally grounded characters. Her mysteries focus on ordinary people caught in extraordinary circumstances, with an emphasis on mood, memory, and the ripple effects of crime.
Helen Stephenson was Born in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia in 1969, and went to school in Brisbane and Bundaberg, Where she brought up her two boys, that are now men. Helen is a qualified chef and now an author. As with most authors Helen has always kept a Diary and has a love of Books.
When she’s not writing, Helen enjoys her grandchilderen, reading, the beach, gardening, and observing the subtle details of everyday life that often find their way into her stories. She is the author of the Silver Gum Cove Mysteries and the Woodgate Motel Mysteries, and other standalone romance novels.
Helen Stephenson Also writes under the Pen Name of Lisa Hart - the Harper Family Witches series.