Helen SlavinHelen Slavin is the author of The Extra Large Medium. She was born in Lancashire in 1966 and, after the University of Warwick, she had a variety of jobs as a temporary secretary before moving to Wiltshire. There, she got married and had a son and a dughter. She has written for radio and television, including scripts for The House of Eliott and the BBC Sunday night family drama, Down to Earth. Read More Read Less