Meet the author

Helen Ward.

Writer · United Kingdom

Helen Ward: British author behind The Tin Forest, Varmints and The Hare and the Tortoise — gentle, art-led, slightly old-fashioned literary picture books for ages 5–9.

Helen Ward is a British author-illustrator best known for The Tin Forest (with Wayne Anderson on illustration), Varmints (with Marc Craste), The Hare and the Tortoise and a string of picture-book retellings of classic stories. Ward's voice is gentle, slightly old-fashioned, in the British literary-picture-book tradition that values craft and re-tellings over high-concept contemporary picture-book setups. Strong giftability for ages 5–9. A reliable picture-book author for families who value art-led, slightly elegiac picture books in the Helen Cooper / Jane Ray register.