Helen C. Escott

Helen C. Escott is an award-winning, bestselling Canadian author and playwright. Before becoming an author, she had a ten-year career in radio and TV. In 1998, she joined the Royal Canadian Mounted Police as Senior Communication Strategist. She began writing books full-time in 2014 upon her retirement.

Described as a prolific writer, she has written seven novels and one play. Two novels from her Operation crime thriller series have been short-listed for the Crime Writers of Canada’s best first crime novel award and won the Silver Medal – Best Regional Fiction at the 24th annual Independent Publisher Book Awards. Her latest crime novel, Operation Masonic, was a finalist for the 2023 Best Atlantic-Published Book, presented by the Atlantic Publishers’ Marketing Association.

Escott is a retired civilian member of the RCMP and was the communications lead on high-profile events, including the RCMP’s Newfoundland response to the September 11 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 in several provinces as well as at the Canadian Police College, Ottawa. She also served as a communications strategist at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.

Books By Helen C. Escott