About The Author

Helen Dunmore

Helen Dunmore is the author of Ingo. Helen was born in December 1952 in Yorkshire. She was the second child out of four. Her father had a large family. His extended family had a large influence on her life. Poetry was a big part in her life. She studied english at University of York. After, she begain to write poems which formerd her first poetry collection; The Apple Falls. She also wrote two novels which did not survive. It was more than ten years before she wrote another book.

During that time she wrote various short stories and poems. Helen has writen many books, short stories and poems. Her most recent books are the Ingo series. The books are Ingo(2005), The Tide Knot(2006), The Deep(2007) and The Crossing of Ingo(2008).

Other Books she wrote are:

Going to Egypt (1992)
Zennor in Darkness (1993)

A Spell of Winter (1996)

The Seige (2001)

House of Orphans (2006)

Counting the Stars (2008)

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