Helen Moss is the author of the
bestselling, 14-book Adventure Island series and the Secrets of the
Tombs series (The Phoenix Code, 2014; The Dragon Path, 2015; The Serpent
King, 2016) all of which are published by Orion. Her
latest series, The Time Dogs (2019),
is published by Henry Holt, Macmillan. She has also contributed to the
anthologies, Mystery and Mayhem (Egmont: edited by Katherine Woodfine
and The Writer's Map (Thames and Hudson: edited by Huw Lewis Jones) and
has written several titles for the Rising Stars, Reading Planet series.
Born in 1964, Helen grew up in Worcestershire. After a degree in
Psychology and Philosophy, she studied for a PhD in psycholinguistics at the
University of Cambridge and spent many happy years as a research scientist
investigating the way the brain processes language and meaning. Helen has lived
in London, Glasgow and Oregon, and has two grown-up sons, but now lives near
Cambridge with her computer-scientist husband.
Helen
enjoys going into schools to give author talks and creative writing
workshops, and is a member of NAWE (National Association of Writers in
Education). She's proud to have been a Patron of Reading and Book
Pen Pal for a number of schools, as well as Author in Residence at
Litcham School in Norfolk and Honorary Patron of Linton
Children’s Book Festival over recent years.
When not writing or in
school, Helen can be found going for long walks in the countryside,
playing netball, reading, sewing and whenever possible, climbing up or
skiing down mountains.