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  <name><![CDATA[Helena Harper]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[I live in the U.K. and come from a German/English background. I studied languages and International Relations at university and after a brief, unproductive spell in a bank (never again!), I decided to train as a teacher and did a PGCE at Exeter University in Devon. I've taught as a modern language teacher for 20 years, but have always enjoyed writing - primarily short, fantasy stories for children, but in the past few years I've also discovered the joys of writing poetry for adults - and my first two books are collections of poetry, which have been drawn from my professional and personal life. 

The first book is called &quot;IT'S A TEACHER'S LIFE...!&quot; and is available from amazon.co.uk and amazon.com. It's an amusing collection of twenty anecdotes and character sketches, written in free verse, based on my experiences as a teacher. There are plenty of reviews on both Amazon sites. If you'd like to check them out, just click on the links below. 

http://www.amazon.com/Teachers-Collection-Poems-Private-School/dp/1847481825/ref=dp_return_2?ie=UTF8&amp;n=283155&amp;s=books

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Its-Teachers-Life-Collection-Private/dp/1847481825/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1230149878&amp;sr=1-1

My second book &quot;FAMILY AND MORE - ENEMIES OR FRIENDS?&quot;, which is greatly influenced by my German/English background, is an ebook and is available from my publishers - http://www.eloquentbooks.com/Familyandmore.html. It's an anthology of 16 poems based on people in my life who have influenced me greatly.

There are plenty of extracts from both books on my website and on my authors den website http://www.authorsden.com/helenaharper

If you read them, I hope you enjoy them!]]></about>      <hometown>Dorking</hometown>  <born_at>06/01/2012</born_at>    
  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[It's a Teacher's Life! A Collection of Poems set in a Girls' Private School]]></title>
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