Helen Baggott

Helen Baggott is a speaker and writer from Dorset. She talks to groups on both sides of the Atlantic about genealogy and postcards – the true stories based on her books.

She has written for regional magazines; national magazines include This England, Discover your Ancestors, Who Do You Think You Are?, Picture Postcard Monthly and The Card Scene, and has also contributed to Family Tree magazine's blog. Her work has been recognised by national newspapers as a 'postcard detective' in I newspaper and an 'heirloom detective' in the Mail on Sunday's You magazine.

Her most recent project is researching the stories behind postcards sent more than 100 years ago. So far, three collections of stories have been published as Posted in the Past, Posted in the Past Second Delivery, and Posted in the Past Hands Across the Sea. This had led to a new series of genealogical novels.

Memories from the Future is the first in her new series and explores the idea of how a fictional character would be able to connect with those living at the time of a census. So, in 1911, Arthur visits Exmoor and although all his encounters are imagined, the people are not and neither are stories Arthur hears.