Helen Black is a British crime writer and lawyer .
She grew up in Pontefract in Yorkshire , the daughter of a miner and a saleswoman. At the age of 18, she went to the Hull University , where she successfully jurisprudence studied. In her work as a lawyer, she looked especially teenagers. This work experience they can miteinfließen as author. So the detective stories of their protagonist treat Lilly Valentine mostly cases of minors. Her first book was published in English version titled Damaged Goods 2008 on the HarperCollins publishing house and a year later in German version via the Fischer publishing house under the name of secrecy . The successor accountable appeared almost a year later. Helen Black is the mother of twins and lives in North London.