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Helen Simonson is an English author who lives in the United States.

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Early life

Helen Simonson was born and raised in England. When she was a teenager, her family moved to East Sussex. [1] She attended university in London, then moved to the United States, where she has lived for more than three decades and is a citizen. She is a resident of Brooklyn and has also lived in the Washington, D.C. area. [1] Her first two books are set in rural East Sussex.

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Bibliography

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Screen rights to Major Pettigrew's Last Stand were sold in 2011 to producers Paula Mazur, Mitchell Kaplan and Kevin McCormick. They hired Jack Thorne to write the screenplay. [6]

Jack Thorne is an English screenwriter and playwright.

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References

  1. 1 2 "About Me". helensimonson.com. Retrieved 2017-03-14.
  2. ↑ "Major Pettigrew's Last Stand". helensimonson.com.
  3. ↑ "Major Pettigrew's Last Stand". Goodreads . Retrieved 2017-03-19.
  4. ↑ "The Summer Before the War". helensimonson.com.
  5. ↑ "The Summer Before the War". Goodreads . Retrieved 2017-03-18.
  6. ↑ "'Major Pettigrew's Last Stand' In Film Deal". Deadline Hollywood. 2011-06-23.
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