Helen Hart is a British children's writer known best as, Maya Snow. Career Hart, been a published author since 1999, especially under pseudonyms for Scholastic, Virgin Books, OUP, HarperCollins and a range of overseas publishers. Her work has been translated into many languages including Swedish, Danish, Japanese and Greek. One of her Young Adult novels, written as Maya Snow, was shortlisted for the Solihull Children's Book Award 2010. Helen is one of the founding partners of publishing consultancy, SilverWood Books which helps writers get their work into print. She is the co-founder of the successful 'Get Published Masterclass' in Bristol and was a judge for the Bristol Short Story Prize in 2010 and 2011. Her most recent book is the swashbuckling pirate adventure The Black Banner. She is represented by London literary agency Pollinger Ltd. Works Vampire Plagues series as Sebastian Rook Book 4: Outbreak (Scholastic) 2005, Book 5: Epidemic (Scholastic) 2005, Book 6: Extermination (Scholastic) 2006, Sisters of the Sword Series as Maya Snow Sisters of the Sword 4: The Battle Dawns, HarperCollins, 2010, The Black Banner as Helen Hart (SilverWood Originals) 2011, References External links Helen Hart at Wordpress.com SilverWood Books Interview by Layered Pages Living people British children's writers British women novelists 21st-century British novelists 21st-century British women writers Year of birth missing (living people)