# Helen Dale **URL:** --- Helen Dale became the youngest winner of Australia’s premier literary award, the [Miles Franklin](https://www.perpetual.com.au/MilesFranklin), for her first novel, [_The Hand that Signed the Paper_](https://www.amazon.com/Hand-that-Signed-Paper/dp/0994384076/). Her second novel, [_Kingdom of the Wicked Book I - Rules_, was released in October 2017](https://www.amazon.com/Kingdom-Wicked-Book-One-Rules/dp/0994384092/), and [Book II will be published in May 2018](http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/inquirer/ive-written-a-book-about-jesus-helen-dale-explains-new-novel/news-story/e054e9bdfae53ceb19ed708b73d8ac44) ([pre-order now](https://www.wilkinsonpublishing.com.au/book/kingdom-wicked-book-two-%E2%80%94-order)). She read law at Oxford (where she was at Brasenose), and was Senior Adviser to Australian classical liberal [Senator David Leyonhjelm](http://davidleyonhjelm.com.au/).