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Helen Stringer

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born

The United Kingdom

gender

female

website

http://www.helenstringer.net/

genre

Science Fiction & Fantasy

member since

February 2013

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Helen Stringer is a British novelist living in the United States. Spellbinder (UK title: The Last Ghost) is her first book.

Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name. See this thread for more information.

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Helen Stringer's Blog

Boys Don't Read

I've been working on a new book called "Paradigm." It's a departure for me in that it's YA and is from a boy's POV. I sent it to a couple of agents (changing agents is a pain) and received a response from one today.

She had asked for the first 10 pages, which I sent a little over a month ago. She very politely declined because, "...it’s a hard sell as publishers get hooked on the ‘boys stop read... Read more of this blog post »

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Published on February 09, 2013 10:47 • 55 views • Tags: books-for-boys, boys, ya, young-adult

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Helen Stringer's Books

Average rating: 3.86 · 632 ratings · 141 reviews · 4 distinct works · Similar authors

	Spellbinder 3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 494 ratings — published 2009 — 9 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Midnight Gate 4.18 of 5 stars 4.18 avg rating — 135 ratings — published 2011 — 8 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Blood Binding 4.33 of 5 stars 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2012	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	No Better Thing Under the Sun 0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2012	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Helen Stringer

Spellbinder (2 books)
by Helen Stringer (Goodreads Author)
3.855095541401274 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 628 ratings

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Helen Stringer rated a book 5 of 5 stars Where Excuses Go to Die by John Espinosa Nelson (Goodreads Author)	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Apr 13, 2013 04:21pm
Helen Stringer is now friends with Eleanor Kinsel
Apr 13, 2013 04:21pm · like
Helen Stringer made a comment on Boys Don't Read "Alexandria wrote: "I have two younger cousins. Jake is 18 and his younger brother Matt is 16. Now, Matt doesn't read a lot, (he's more of a hardcore g...more "
Apr 10, 2013 10:08am · see blog post
Helen Stringer rated a book 2 of 5 stars Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Miss Peregrine, #1) by Ransom Riggs read in January, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I was really looking forward to reading this as the premise sounded fascinating. Unfortunately I found it a rather tedious slog. I think one of my main problems was the Welsh setting. I know Wales really well (one of my favorite places - truly beauti...more
Feb 09, 2013 10:34am · see review
Helen Stringer wants to read The Book of Codes: Understanding the World of Hidden Messages: An Illustrated Guide to Signs, Symbols, Ciphers, and Secret Languages by Paul Lunde	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Feb 09, 2013 10:25am
Helen Stringer wants to read Death in the City of Light: The Serial Killer of Nazi-Occupied Paris by David King	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Feb 09, 2013 10:24am
Helen Stringer wants to read Babylon: Mesopotamia And The Birth Of Civilization by Paul Kriwaczek	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Feb 09, 2013 10:23am