Helms, Rebecca

South Carolina native Rebecca Helms has been a lauded writer since sixth grade, when she won her first contest. She has since been published in the Christopher Newport University literary magazine, "Currents", as well as in the poetry anthology, "East of Sunrise". Helms holds a BA in English and an EdM, but though she taught high school English for a time, she came to realize that her true passion was to write for a living. Now she lives and works in Charleston, where she gives voice to the strong, gritty, and funny Southern woman through her poetry and fiction. "Singing in the Corn" is her fi...