Dr Helen Jacey

I am a transmedia storyteller, interdisciplinary researcher, and the author of books of fiction and non-fiction. My work explores emotional wellbeing and resilience as challenging the impacts of social marginalization and exclusion.

My guide for screenwriters The Woman in the Story: Writing Memorable Female Characters (2nd ed. 2017) is considered a seminal guide for representing gender from the writer's perspective. I have extensive experience as an international story consultant for federal bodies and numerous productions. I have published articles and chapters, and presented at many conferences, festivals and industry events as keynote speaker and panelist. I have served as a judge for numerous writing competitions. As founder of Shedunnit Productions, I write and publish the 1940s crime detective series Elvira Slate Investigations.

I joined Sunderland University in 2023 as the Programme Leader for BA: English: Creative and Professional Writing, and have founded the FACI interdisciplinary Creative Writing Research Network.