Helen Howe
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Helen Howe was a published author and member of the James Jones Foundation and founding member of the James Jones Literary Society. She graduated from Lincoln Trail College in Robinson, Illinois with a B.A. in Linguistics and American Literature and from Eastern Illinois University and her Masters M.A. in English. She was English Professor and taught composition and creative writing at Lincoln Trail College for 14 years before retiring. Howe’s husband, Sylvanus “Tinks” Howe, was a close childhood friend of Illinois author and actor, James Jones, and they were both instrumental in forming the James Jones Literary Society.Along with the book Howe wrote listed below, she also edited [http://www.amazon.com/Writings-Handy-Colony-Helen-Howe/dp/0964142368/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1423860613&sr=1-1&keywords=The+Writings+From+the+Handy+Colony ”The Writings From the Handy Colony”] with George Hendrick and Don Sackrider.
James Jones and the Handy Writers’ Colony