Interviews

During her undergraduate degree, Helen Jacey didn’t know she wanted to be a writer. She did, however, know that she was passionate about the arts, literature and film.  Little did she know that she would go on to become a professional screenwriter, author, lecturer and the founder of Shedunnit Productions: a production company focusing on creating female focused, intersectional stories. Dr Jacey’s first book, The Woman in the Story, was published in 2010 and has since become… Read More »How Education Helped Dr Helen Jacey Found a Feminist Production Company

Helen Jacey is a professional screenwriter, lecturer, author and founder of Shedunnit Productions, which provides opportunities across media for intersectional feminist work. An expert in female characterisation, her first book ‘The Woman in the Story’ was published in 2010 and has since become the international handbook for screenwriters writing female characters. Jacey is now working on ‘Elvira Slate Investigations’, a 1940s crime noir feminist detective series. See full article here Share on facebook Facebook Share… Read More »Meet the writers: Monocle Reads Helen Jacey

Feminist Noir: Helen Jacey Smashes Stereotypes with a new Type of Heroine By Katrina Simpson Jailbird Detective is the novel that we’ve been waiting for. In 1940s Hollywood Elvira Slade is an ex-con from London with a shady past… We talk to her creator, Helen Jacey. I’ve always been a huge Forties Noir fan –  the fashion, the style, the movies. But for a long time I’ve been so aware of the stereotypes that were rife in… Read More »Marjorie Magazine talks to Helen Jacey about Feminist Noir