About the Author

Helen Delaney is a former diplomat who served as First Secretary and as the Standards Expert in the United States Mission to the European Union in Brussels. Previously, she was the Washington, D.C. representative for the largest standards developing organization in the United States. She was also the head of her own consulting firm, Delaney Consulting, Inc.
She is the author of many articles and research papers relating to technical standards and international trade.

She has also authored two books that incorporated this story with her own experiences: The Messenger: The Improbable Story of a Grieving Mother and a Spirit Guide, and The Well: Two Women Two Thousand Years Apart, Connected by a Pandemic, Slavery, and a Son.  She is a New Generation Indie award winner for her short story, Smoke. This book is a rendering of the Egypt story on its own. She lives in Pasadena, California.