Helen C. Escott is an award-winning, bestselling Canadian author and playwright. She had a ten-year career in radio and TV before joining the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in 1998 as Senior Communication Strategist. She retired in 2014 and began writing novels full-time.Described as a prolific writer, she has created nine novels and one play. Operation Wormwood was shortlisted for the Crime Writers of Canada’s Best First Crime Novel award, and Operation Vanished won the Silver Medal – Best Regional Fiction at the 24th annual Independent Publisher Book Awards. Operation Masonic was a finalist for the 2023 Best Atlantic-Published Book Award presented by the Atlantic Publishers Marketing Association (APMA).In 2024, Escott’s five-book Operation series was been optioned for film and television by Rink Rat Productions. The series is set in Newfoundland and Labrador and follows the careers of Royal Newfoundland Constabulary Inspector Nicholas Myra and RCMP Corporal Gail McNaughton. This bestselling, award-winning series takes you on lightning-paced, chillingly current criminal investigations that are surprising at every twist and unpredictable right up to their astonishing conclusions.Helen Escott is a retired civilian member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) and was the communications lead on high-profile events, including the RCMP’s response to the September 11 terrorist attacks. She wrote and implemented the Atlantic Region Communication Strategies to combat organized crime and outlaw biker gangs. Helen also created a police media relations course and taught it throughout Canada as well as at the Canadian Police College, Ottawa. She also served as a communications strategist at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.In 2021, Helen C. Escott was awarded the Veterans Ombud Commendation Lifetime Contribution Award for her outstanding work with veterans.