Helen Docherty

Helen lives in Swansea, Wales, and is an internationally published picture book author. Her work, which includes the award-winning picture books The Snatchabook and The Storybook Knight ( The Knight Who Wouldn’t Fight), has been translated into 27 languages. Her stories have been staged as plays and as an children’s opera, by a school in Canada. Helen worked for many years as a language teacher in Mexico City and the UK before becoming an author.

Books in order of publication:

The Snatchabook  – 2013

Abracazebra  – 2015

The Knight Who Wouldn’t Fight / The Storybook Knight  – 2016

You Can Never Run Out Of Love  – 2017

Do You Remember?  – 2018

Pirate Nell’s Tale to Tell  – 2020

The King’s Ears – 2020

The Screen Thief  – 2021

Blue Baboon Finds Her Tune – 2022

The Bee Who Loved Words  – 2023

Someone Just Like You  – 2023