Helen Gaskell is a freelance content designer who works primarily on GOV.UK projects. Recently, she led the content design for the government’s first public-facing AI project. Helen spent the first decade or so of her career at the BBC and in 2016 spearheaded an award-winning body positivity campaign that garnered millions of views across social media.During the pandemic, Helen worked for Copenhagen-based Tactile Games as a writer for bestselling game Lily’s Garden (with over a million daily players) and penned the first sapphic romance storyline for a mobile phone game. She has spoken on narrative design for the Romantic Novelists’ Association and is the first games writer to be admitted as a full member.Helen lives in Manchester with her daughter, cat, dog and husband (in order of precedence). When she’s not immersed in romantic novels, she’s usually halfway through one of many niche handicrafts.

'A fun, fresh take on a Regency romcom that had me alternately cackling and swooning from the first page right up to the last' Virginia Heath

Helen Gaskell is a freelance content designer who works primarily on GOV.UK projects. Recently, she led the content design for the government’s first public-facing AI project. Helen spent the first decade or so of her career at the BBC and in 2016 spearheaded an award-winning body positivity campaign that garnered millions of views across social media.During the pandemic, Helen worked for Copenhagen-based Tactile Games as a writer for bestselling game Lily’s Garden (with over a million daily players) and penned the first sapphic romance storyline for a mobile phone game. She has spoken on narrative design for the Romantic Novelists’ Association and is the first games writer to be admitted as a full member.Helen lives in Manchester with her daughter, cat, dog and husband (in order of precedence). When she’s not immersed in romantic novels, she’s usually halfway through one of many niche handicrafts.

'A fun, fresh take on a Regency romcom that had me alternately cackling and swooning from the first page right up to the last' Virginia Heath

Helen Gaskell is a freelance content designer who works primarily on GOV.UK projects. Recently, she led the content design for the government’s first public-facing AI project. Helen spent the first decade or so of her career at the BBC and in 2016 spearheaded an award-winning body positivity campaign that garnered millions of views across social media.During the pandemic, Helen worked for Copenhagen-based Tactile Games as a writer for bestselling game Lily’s Garden (with over a million daily players) and penned the first sapphic romance storyline for a mobile phone game. She has spoken on narrative design for the Romantic Novelists’ Association and is the first games writer to be admitted as a full member.Helen lives in Manchester with her daughter, cat, dog and husband (in order of precedence). When she’s not immersed in romantic novels, she’s usually halfway through one of many niche handicrafts.

'A fun, fresh take on a Regency romcom that had me alternately cackling and swooning from the first page right up to the last' Virginia Heath