Helen Iles

(Author / Illustrator/ Lyricist / Publisher / Writing Coach)

https://helenilesauthor.com/about

West Australian born, Helen writes poetry, song lyrics, articles, short stories and novels and has been published in Australia and overseas. Her award-winning stories, poetry and articles are published in Indelible Ink. She has won the coveted Society trophy, the Bronze Quill, in 2007, in 2010, and again in 2023. In 2012, she won the Best Film Script Idea in the Scarlett Stilletto competition, and her novel, Dark Secrets, was long-listed for the Sisters in Crime Davitt Awards in 2021. Helen was the Western Australia nominee for the Alice Award in 2024.

Her current releases are:

Bitter Comes the Storm
We Are Different, You and I
Fire in the Heartland
Indelible Ink
The Horse Keepers
Dark Secrets
Have You Ever ...?
I'm Glad I'm Australian
Writing Poetry Simplified
Writing Songs Simplified
Penny's Silver Dragon
The Dog Who Wanted to Fly
Nannie Wants a Puppy
A Call to Sarah
Mee-ou, The Lost Cat
Cuddles With Prickles
Evie Loves Hugs
Donna's Wishing Well
Fusion - of Poetry and Paint

Music Albums 2025

Lyrical Dreams
Country Boots
The Gravity of Us

All books are available on Amazon, all good bookstores and through Linellen Press.

Music albums are available on Spotify and other streaming outlets. CDs available via email: helen.iles.author@gmail.com

As Managing Editor of Linellen Press, a small publishing house on the outskirts of Perth, Helen focuses on helping West Australian writers fulfil their goal of being published through structural editing, copy-editing, book and cover design and publishing. Helen also illustrates children's picture books, conducts creative writing workshops around the state and mentors new writers.

Helen has held the role of Chairperson of The Society of Women Writers WA for seventeen years, is on the committee of the Rockingham Writers Centre, and is Vice Chairperson of the Friends of Rockingham Arts Community (FoRAC).