Helen Osborn

Helen was born in Hertfordshire, England in 1961 into a family of writers. Her grandfather was author T. O. Beachcroft, her mother is children's author Nina Beachcroft and her sister is anthropologist and fiction author Katy Gardner. Helen has been writing for fun since she was a teenager and has been a professional genealogist specialising in English ancestry since 1998. For many years she was the archivist at Young & Co's Brewery PLC in Wandsworth SW London. She was a founder and Managing Director of online family history tutors, Pharos Tutors until 2020, and has been responsible for creating many courses and innovating in the teaching of family history and genealogy in the UK.

An occasional contributor to family history magazines, she is also the author of three books relating to public houses and brewing. Apart from a passion for historical records, archives and family history, her greatest interest and hobby is growing fruit and vegetables.