Helena Close

Helena Close's debut YA novel The Gone Book was nominated for the Carnegie Medal in 2020. She is a native of Limerick City in Ireland. She has been writing full-time for over 20 years. She has written or co-written eight novels, published by Hodder Headline, Hachette Ireland, Little Island and Blackstaff Press. She is obsessed with rugby, and she loves cats and dogs and sometimes people.

Helena Close's debut YA novel The Gone Book was nominated for the Carnegie Medal in 2020. She is a native of Limerick City in Ireland. She has been writing full-time for over 20 years. She has written or co-written eight novels, published by Hodder Headline, Hachette Ireland, Little Island and Blackstaff Press. She is obsessed with rugby, and she loves cats and dogs and sometimes people. See less