Helen Dooley

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Helen Dooley

A teacher’s curiosity. A writer’s eye.

Helen Dooley

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A teacher’s curiosity. A writer’s eye.

Helen Dooley is an English teacher and writer from St Helens, near Liverpool. After twenty years as a primary school teacher, she studied screenwriting at Liverpool John Moores University and completed the Playwright Development Programme at Liverpool’s Royal Court.

Her first play, about a hoarder, was staged at the Hope and Gladstone Theatres. She has also participated in a television writing mentorship with Sky Studios.

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