Helen Simpson

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  • Bibliography:
    18 Books
  • First Book:
    June 2001
  • Latest Book:
    December 2022
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Books in Order: 18 titles

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  • Henry VIII

  • Boomerang

  • Saraband for Dead Lovers

  • The Woman on the Beast

  • Maid No More

  • Under Capricorn

  • The Spanish Marriage

  • Cockfosters

    In these nine virtuoso stories, Helen Simpson turns her wickedly wry wit to the stations of life, the vulnerabilities of age, and the lives of ordinary people in complicated times. The title story follows two old friends as they ride the London Under...

  • Motherhood

    Enjoy Helen Simpson’s sharply funny, humane take on the everyday joys and struggles of motherhood in this perfect Mother’s Day gift.

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  • Cockfosters: Stories

    A wickedly wry, tender new collection from one of our finest internationally acclaimed short story writers. Nine virtuoso stories that take up the preoccupations and fixations of time's passing and of middle age and that take us from today's Lond...

  • Dear George and Other Stories

  • Four Bare Legs In a Bed

    Brilliant, funny and tragic, Four Bare Legs in a Bed is an outstanding and invigorating collection of short stories. In Simpson's uniquely imaginative and sensuous voice, we hear of the mixed blessings of independence and marriage, of sex and babies....

  • Bunch of Fives

    Since the publication of Four Bare Legs in a Bed, her first collection, Helen Simpson has been hailed as one of the best short story writers at work today. These are wickedly funny, heartfelt, and sensuous stories that deal with the full stretch, fro...

  • In-Flight Entertainment

    A new collection of stories -- dazzling, poignant, wickedly funny, and highly addictive -- by the internationally acclaimed writer whose work The Times (London) calls "dangerously close to perfection." These thirteen stories brilliantly focus on aspe...

  • Hey Yeah Right Get A Life

  • In the Driver's Seat

    Helen Simpson's stories are short but by no means small. One story takes the Iraq war as its subject; another describes a smoker's reprieve from death by lung cancer; in another, a simple tale of home maintenance--a woman in a conversation with the c...

  • Constitutional

    A sensational new short story collection about women’s lives, from Britain’s master of the genre: “A masterful contemporary exponent of the genre, Simpson now deserves to be compared with Flannery O’Connor and Alice Munro.”
    "The Observ...

  • Getting a Life

    Hilarious, dark, and thoroughly entertaining, Getting a Life proves Helen Simpson to be one of the finest observers of women on the edge. Set in and around contemporary London, these nine stories explore both the blisses and irritations of domestic l...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Helen Simpson has published 18 books.

Helen Simpson does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Henry VIII, was published in December 2022.

The first book by Helen Simpson, Getting a Life, was published in June 2001.

No. Helen Simpson does not write books in series.
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