Helen Pryke
author : Helen PrykeI moved to the north of Italy when I was 20, without knowing a word of Italian! I picked it up pretty quickly, mostly by watching cheesy American soaps dubbed in Italian with Italian subtitles... but was too shy to speak for about a year! \n26 years later, I now work as a translator, from Italian to English. It's a job I love, especially when I got the chance to translate a children's book and screenplay written by an Italian author. The screenplay is now winning awards at American film festivals!\nI have always written short stories and books from an early age - I still have a short story I wrote when I was 10 that was published in the school magazine! \nI love reading - I'll read almost anything! I tend to spend most of my free time relaxing with my husband and two sons, and eating delicious Italian food!\nThe only thing I don't like about Italy is the climate - cold and damp in the winter, hot and humid in the summer. With infestations of mosquitoes in the summer and stink bugs in the autumn...but all in all, it's a great place to live.
author : Helen PrykeI moved to the north of Italy when I was 20, without knowing a word of Italian! I picked it up pretty quickly, mostly by watching cheesy American soaps dubbed in Italian with Italian subtitles... but was too shy to speak for about a year! \n26 years later, I now work as a translator, from Italian to English. It's a job I love, especially when I got the chance to translate a children's book and screenplay written by an Italian author. The screenplay is now winning awards at American film festivals!\nI have always written short stories and books from an early age - I still have a short story I wrote when I was 10 that was published in the school magazine! \nI love reading - I'll read almost anything! I tend to spend most of my free time relaxing with my husband and two sons, and eating delicious Italian food!\nThe only thing I don't like about Italy is the climate - cold and damp in the winter, hot and humid in the summer. With infestations of mosquitoes in the summer and stink bugs in the autumn...but all in all, it's a great place to live.