Poetic Obituaries: [Helene Gabel Ryan] studied writing with

Zola Helen Ross and had articles, poems, histories and short stories published--"Joy and Torment" (1983), "Leschi Diary" and "Riverside Remembers". Then Zola encouraged her to write a book instead of short stories.

Helene recalled the WW II uprooting of Japanese neighbors. She remembered her strong internal reaction to it. She began writing an historic novel set in Seattle during the first three years of the war.

from Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Around Wallingford: Helene Gabel Ryan--1918--2009

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