With a background in journalism and marketing, Helen has pushed around film directors, worked for an AFL footy team, produced children's TV for Channel 7 and an Afternoon radio program for Macquarie Media, and edited community newspapers. She's also tried her hand at nursing, signed up to be a police cadet (and did time at the police academy), did a Diploma in Counselling, and lectured students in marketing. Helen is postgraduate qualified with majors in Literature, Communications and Media, and lives in Brisbane with her fellow-journalist husband, Chris, and Boxer dog, Hastings. Her Grave Tales podcast had enjoyed over 180,000 downloads.