A Scrabble enthusiast, Helga Williams published a lexicon of sorts called Wordplay (Sono Nis, 1997) illlustrated by her husband Colin Williams. She was born in Halle, Germany on October 10, 1939 and she died on September 6, 2006 at the Saanich Peninsula Hospital after a lengthy illness. She lived in England, Australia and the United States before immigrating to Canada in 1969. Her Canadian residences included Banff, Calgary, Fort McMurray, Vancouver, Salt Spring Island and Victoria.

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