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Helen Walker Jones

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Helen Walker is the grandchild of four Utah natives who immigrated to Canada. She spent her childhood in a small Mormon town, Raymond, Alberta.
Helen Walker
LDS
LDS (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
J. Harris Walker and Beth Russell Walker
David W. Jones and Shannon O. Jones
Work found on page 52 of the Summer 1972 issue of .
1946
Raymond, Alberta, Canada
BA in English, 1968, Brigham Young University MFA in Creative Writing, 1988 ,University of Utah Completed all course work (except thesis) for Master of Library Science at BYU, 1972
Helen Walker Jones has worked as a newspaper editor and writer, a technical writer, video producer, medical assistant, rock musician and a teacher of English in both college and high school. She has published fiction and poetry in Harper's, Cimarron Review, Florida Review, Richmond Quarterly, Chariton Review, Journal of Ohio State University, Nebraska Review, Indiana Review, Suntone, Dialogue, and other magazines.
Female
Author
English
Pushcart Prize nominee First Prize, Utah Arts Council fiction competition First place, Dialogue Fiction contest Annual short story award, Association for Mormon Letters Finalist, Iowa Short Fiction award Second place and honorable mention, Utah Arts Council poetry competition
Jones has also written literary works not related to the Church published by the Utah State Institute for Fine Arts.

18 Works by Helen Walker Jones

Title Role Year Genre
A Proselytor's Dream Author 1981 Fiction
Cornerstone Author 1972 Poetry
The Snowdrift, the Swan Author 1983 Fiction
As Winter Comes On Author 1985 Poetry
Grandmother Envisions Her Own Death Author 1986 Poetry
Going Through the List Author
The Six-Buck Fortune Author 1990 Fiction
Accountable Emily Author Poetry
Desert Woman Author Poetry
Aerogramme Author 1981 Poetry
Saturday Evening, Sunday Afternoon Author 2003 Fiction
War Bride Author 2004 Poetry
Sheep Ranch Near Hillspring Author 2006 Poetry
Guest Room Author 2006 Poetry
The Holding Room Author 2006 Poetry
Bliss Author 2006 Poetry
Everlasting Author 2006 Poetry
Angina Author 2010 Fiction
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