Helen Blejerman is a Mexican artist and writer and an associate lecturer in the art and design department at Sheffield Hallam University. She has written for film and radio and recently published the graphic books Lulu and the Family Secret, and Tito and the Love Letters. She can be found on Twitter as @HelenBlejerman. More of her work can be found here helenblejerman.com

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