Helen McLean was born in the Midwest. Her family moved to San Diego, California during World War II. She and her husband Bill had four sons and one daughter. They lived on three acres filled with citrus and Monterey pines overlooking a lake. Thirteen grandchildren live nearby in a small town setting. She enjoys gardening and visits from family. Painting and writing have been of paramount interest since high school, when she edited the school newspaper and wrote a column for the local paper. Her first full length novel,
A Rosebud Need Not Have a Mind, was published two years before Chateau De Grace. She is currently working on a third novel.
