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Helen is a writer and freelance editor/book assistant based in Asheville, North Carolina.

She works with authors on books approaching their publication date, doing image clearances, research, 

fact-checking, endnotes, and copy-editing. 

Helen is currently working with Zayd Ayers Dohrn and Victoria Johnson on their forthcoming books.

From 2019-2025, she worked with John Seabrook on The Spinach King.

 

​​As a writer/director, ​she's made three short films:

two of us, NEPO BABY, and Olive & Lynn.

​In 2016, Helen graduated with honors from Wesleyan University, where she studied Theater and Religion - and wrote a thesis about the moon!

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helenhandelman at gmail.com

Photo by Aaron Ardisson

© 2025 by HELEN HANDELMAN.

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