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Helena Bell | |
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| Born | October 29, 1981 USA |
| Occupation | Author |
| Genre | speculative fiction |
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Helena Leigh Bell is an American accountant and author of speculative fiction and poetry, [1] active in the field since 2005. She writes as Helena Bell, with some of her works published under her full name. [2]
Bell has five graduate degrees, [1] including a Masters in Accounting, a Juris Doctor degree, a Master of Laws, a Master of Fine Arts in Poetry from Southern Illinois University Carbondale and another in Fiction from North Carolina State University. [1] She is a former Scuba instructor and a certified cave diver. [1] She lives in Durham, North Carolina, [1] where she works as a certified public accountant for Robertson CPA Firm, PLLC.
Bell attended the 2013 Clarion West Writers Workshop in Seattle. [1] Her work has appeared in various periodicals, including Brain Harvest, Clarkesworld Magazine , Daily Science Fiction , The Dark, Drabblecast, Electric Velocipede , Escape Pod , Fireside Fiction, The Indiana Review , Lightspeed , New Haven Review , Pedestal Magazine, Rattle, Shimmer Magazine , Strange Horizons , Surreal South, and Toasted Cake, and the anthologies Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2017, The Best of Shimmer Magazine, UPGRADED: A Cyborg Anthology, and The Year's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy 2017. [3] [2]
"Please Return My Son Who is in Your Custody" was a finalist for the Micro Award. [3] "Robot" was nominated for the 2013 Nebula Award for Best Short Story. [3] [2] "When We Were Giants" received an honorable mention for the 2015 James Tiptree, Jr. Award. [2]
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