Helene Hanff

Helene Hanff was an American writer best known for 84, Charing Cross Road — her collection of letters exchanged over two decades with a London antiquarian bookshop. Born in 1916, she was a playwright, television writer, and memoirist. 84 Charing Cross Road is one of the most beloved books about books ever written — a warm, witty, and deeply moving correspondence between Hanff in New York and Frank Doel at Marks & Co. in London. The book has been adapted for stage and screen. Hanff died in 1997. Her audiobooks and books offer listeners and readers one of the most charming celebrations of books and friendship ever written — a correspondence that warms the heart and makes you want to visit a bookshop immediately.