Helen Walsh is a novelist and screenwriter. Her first novel, Pull Focus, was published in late 2021 by ECW Press. KIRKUS gave it a starred review and named it to their Best of 2022 Mysteries & Thrillers List, saying: Two thumbs up for action, suspense, and lust…a taut, thrilling literary novel. It was also named to several other year-end/best-of lists.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY said, [An] accomplished thriller debut […] Walsh’s expert knowledge of the film industry, the corporate world, and the ruthlessness of players in both adds arresting verisimilitude to this novel. Great for fans of Taylor Jenkins Reid’s Malibu Rising.” It also received rave reviews upon its UK launch, with OFF THE RECORD writing, Amazingly propulsive […] A masterclass debut that shows Walsh as a talent to watch.
Walsh also publishes a popular Substack newsletter, Letterbox: Bookish & Filmish and is founder of the literary mentoring organization Diaspora Dialogues. Previously she was a magazine publisher, festival director and film producer, including with production company Anonymous Content. For a decade, she attended the G7 summits as accredited media, tracking issues including the transnational crime ones explored in her writing.
DEATH AND THE GLITTERATI is inspired by Walsh’s upcoming second novel, That Type of Power, whose plot mirrors season 1. Both novel and TV series are based on characters introduced in the prequel novel, Pull Focus.