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ⓘ About Helen Black
Helen Black is an English poet from Pontefract, West Yorkshire. She is best known for the Lily Valentine series of novels and several standalone novels. In her childhood, she lived in an extended family where her father a miner and her mother a local shop attendant were the main providers. At 18 years of age, she went to Hull University, where she drank a lot of lager at campus-organized gigs. She graduated three years later with a law degree, a tattoo on her shoulder, and a hole-ridden Doc Martins. While she had trained as a commercial lawyer, she soon found out that high end lawyering was not for her as she lacked the natural disposition for it.
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Who is Helen Black?
Helen Black is an English poet from Pontefract, West Yorkshire. She is best known for the Lily Valentine series of novels and several standalone novels. In her childhood, she lived in an extended family where her father a miner and her mother a local shop attendant were the main providers.
Which Helen Black series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Lilly Valentine series, the earliest of Helen Black's multi-book series: it opens with Damaged Goods (2008) and runs to 6 books across 2008–2015, ending with Friendless Lane (2015). Helen Black's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.
How many books has Helen Black written?
Helen Black has 11 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2008 and 2021. 10 of them belong to 2 named series — the largest being the Lilly Valentine series with 6 books — and 1 is a standalone title, collection or anthology.
In what order should Helen Black's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Helen Black's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Lilly Valentine (2008–2015, 6 books) and Liberty Chapman (2017–2021, 4 books).
How are Helen Black's books organised into series?
This guide splits Helen Black's 11 books into 2 named series and 1 title that stands alone or appear only in collections: Lilly Valentine (6 books, 2008–2015); Liberty Chapman (4 books, 2017–2021).