About the Author

Helen Swain currently lives and works in lutruwita/Tasmania on the foothills of kunanyi/Mt Wellington. Helen grew up in western Victoria, worked as a nurse in northern South Australia, raised her children in Tasmania and when they left home, followed them to NSW and spent ten years in Wollongong before grandchildren and country called her back to Tasmania. Helen has been a performer in Theatre in Education, worked as a secondary English/Drama teacher, worked in Community Theatre and as an English as Another Language teacher. In retirement she has found time to indulge her love of poetry, writing, and performance.