Helen Jia, mathematics teacher and analyst programmer, is now a prize-winning writer.
She has won literary awards for fiction such as Angry Lizard and poems
such as Red Spider. Her works often explore human nature through
her unique analytical lens and natural penchant for metaphors.
Her poetry collection A Century of Serenity was published in 2016
after winning a publication prize for best manuscript. She lives in sunny Sydney,
Australia, where the pace of life is as gentle as the waves that lap the shores.
A lonely scarecrow stands in a wheat field. A plant growing at his feet suddenly bursts into blue flowers, and out steps a beautiful little fairy girl. A wonderful friendship full of joy and laughter develops. But the flower girl disappears as the plant shrivels up in late autumn, and all alone, the...
