Kate Helm

I was born in Lancashire, and worked as a journalist covering courts and crime, before becoming a BBC reporter and producer in news and current affairs.

I also wrote documentary and drama scripts, including the BBC1 programme: Angel of Death: The Story of Beverly Allitt. Kate Helm is a pseudonym for me - under my own name, Kate Harrison, I've written women's fiction (like The Secret Shopper's Revenge), teen fiction (including Soul Beach) AND health/diet books about 5:2, intermittent fasting and 'The Dirty Diet.'

And in 2021, I'll add a third name to my list - Eva Carter, with the epic love story How to Save a Life.

I use pen names because my books are so different - Eva and Carter are both family names, while I chose Helm because the origina

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