Helen Arvonen
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Helen Margaret Arvonen (1918 – May 9, 1992) was a Canadian writer of Gothic literature and science fiction.
Helen Arvonen was born Helen Dickinson in Thessalon, Canada, in 1918.[1][2][3] During her childhood, her parents worked in railroad camps across northern Ontario as a camp cook and a seamstress, and she would travel to accompany them.[1][4] It was during this period, at age 9, that she began writing, at her father's encouragement.[2][4]
She eventually established herself in the city of Sault Ste. Marie.[1] She married Sulo Arvonen, then, after being widowed, remarried Robert Conway, who also predeceased her.[2][3][4] She had four children: Theone, Neil, Shiels, and Devon (who died at a young age).[2][3][4][5]