About Helen Gallagher

Helen Gallagher is a national speaker and publishing consultant. Today, her thriving consulting practice is augmented by her writing on business and technology, with over 100 articles in major business and trade publications. 

Just for fun, to celebrate ten years in business, Helen wrote her first book: Computer Ease, selected by Forbes.com Book Club, and winner of a non-fiction award from the Illinois Women's Press Association (IWPA) in 2006. 

Helen is a contributor to Lonely Planet's Travelers Tales book:The World is a Kitchen. Her essay won the IWPA award in 2007. Her 2007 book Release Your Writing: Book Publishing Your Way helps writers find the path to their dream of getting published. Release Your Writing is a USA Book News Award finalist. Helen's newest book Blog Power & Social Media Handbook hit store shelves in August 2010.

Helen's freelance writing appears in national magazines and numerous online sites, including blogging for Freelance-Zone.com. She is also a book reviewer for BlogCritics Magazine, OpenSalon.com, New York Journal of Books, and Seattle Post-Intelligencer.