Background
David Helwig was born in Toronto, Ontario, where he spent his early childhood years. When he was ten years old, his family moved to Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, where his father ran a small business repairing and refinishing furniture and buying and selling antiques.
Career
He earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Toronto in 1960, and an Master of Arts from the University of Liverpool in 1962. He subsequently taught at Queen"s University from 1962 to 1974. While he was at Queen"s University, he also taught writing classes in Collins Bay Penitentiary, and co-wrote A Book about Billie with a former inmate.
He was subsequently a literary manager for Canadian Broadcasting Company Television"s drama department from 1974 to 1976, and then returned to Queen"s as a part-time instructor, while doing a great deal of freelance work.
In 1980, he gave up teaching and became a full-time writer He currently lives in Prince Edward Island.
A Book About Billie, 1972
Last Stories of Anton Chekhov, 1991 (as translator)
The Child of Someone, 1997
Living Here, 2001
The Names of Things, 2006
Coming Through, 2007.