Helen grew up in a small town in Kansas. Every summer as a child she would make the family trek to the Rocky Mountains to visit relatives of her Colorado-born parents. Vacations were adventures: hunting for Indian artifacts with her father, a soil scientist and expert on ancient Native American life; listening to forest ranger tales of her grandfather and uncle; camping in the mountains, creating visual mountain memories with her grandmother and mother, and piling in the back of an old pickup truck with fun-loving relatives to explore the high country. Helen enjoys sharing her love of the mountains through believable characters and her continuing exploration of Colorado through a writer's eyes. She's a genealogy sleuth when time allows, a lover of nature, and a friend of animals.

Helen grew up in a small town in Kansas. Every summer as a child she would make the family trek to the Rocky Mountains to visit relatives of her Colorado-born parents. Vacations were adventures: hunting for Indian artifacts with her father, a soil scientist and expert on ancient Native American life; listening to forest ranger tales of her grandfather and uncle; camping in the mountains, creating visual mountain memories with her grandmother and mother, and piling in the back of an old pickup truck with fun-loving relatives to explore the high country. Helen enjoys sharing her love of the mountains through believable characters and her continuing exploration of Colorado through a writer's eyes. She's a genealogy sleuth when time allows, a lover of nature, and a friend of animals.