About

Helen Walne is an award-winning writer, editor and underwater photographer based in Cape Town. Much of her work comes from her daily dives in the kelp forest, and it has been published in South Africa and abroad. She is the author of The Diving (Penguin Random House), a personal, lyrical book about grief, healing and the sea. Her photographs have been widely exhibited and published, and one appeared on the cover of TIME in May 2026.