Helen
McLean pursues a dual career as painter and writer. Her novel
Significant Things (Dundurn Press) was shortlisted for the 2004
Commonwealth Writer’s Prize, Canada and Caribbean division.
Her articles, essays and reviews have appeared in The Globe and
Mail, The National Post, Brick, Quill and Quire, Books in Canada,
the Literary Review of Canada, Room of One’s Own, and Ars
Medica. Her paintings have been exhibited across Canada and are
in many private and corporate collections including the Bank of
Canada, Ottawa. Her portrait of Margaret Laurence hangs in the
Margaret Laurence Home in Neepawa, Manitoba.
Helen
McLean pursues a dual career as painter and writer. Her novel
Significant Things (Dundurn Press) was shortlisted for the 2004
Commonwealth Writer’s Prize, Canada and Caribbean division.
Her articles, essays and reviews have appeared in The Globe and
Mail, The National Post, Brick, Quill and Quire, Books in Canada,
the Literary Review of Canada, Room of One’s Own, and Ars
Medica. Her paintings have been exhibited across Canada and are
in many private and corporate collections including the Bank of
Canada, Ottawa. Her portrait of Margaret Laurence hangs in the
Margaret Laurence Home in Neepawa, Manitoba. 
