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Helen C. Escott

Helen C. Escott is an award winning, bestselling Canadian author.
Her crime thriller Operation Vanished was awarded a Silver Medal – Best Regional Fiction at the 24th annual Independent Publisher Book Awards. Operation Wormwood was nominated for the Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Crime Novel in 2019. Both Operation Vanished and Operation Wormwood were in the Top 10 Local Bestsellers of 2019 for Chapters-Coles-Indigo. Both novels were published by Flanker Press.
In 2020 she released- In Search of Adventure- 70 Years of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Newfoundland and Labrador. It took her two years of research and interviewing Veterans to put together this comprehensive collection of personal stories.
In September of 2020, she released the long-awaited conclusion to Operation Wormwood – The Reckoning.
Her first novel, I am Funny Like That, which she self published, is a collection of funny, thought provoking short stories about life.
Escott, a retired Civilian Member of the RCMP was the communications lead on high-profile events including the RCMP’s NL response on the September 11th terrorist attacks. She wrote and implemented the Atlantic Region Communication Strategies to combat organized crime and outlaw biker gangs, created a Media Relations course and taught it at the Canadian Police College, Ottawa. She also served as a communications strategist at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. Before joining the RCMP Helen C. Escott worked in the media for 13 years.
In 2017 she was presented with the CLB Governor and Commandants Medallion in recognition of her achievements of excellence in volunteering and fundraising work, including creating the idea and concept for the Spirit of Newfoundland dinner theatre, “Where Once They Stood.”
In 2019 she was presented with the Governor General's Sovereign's Medal for Volunteers.
Helen C. Escott web page https://www.helencescott.com/