Epiphany Journal interviews Helen Benedict on her novel THE GOOD DEED

Helen Benedict, a British-American professor at Columbia University, is the author of seven previous novels, six books of nonfiction, and a play. Her newest novel, The Good Deed (Red Hen Press), is set in a refugee camp in Greece, and comes out of the research Helen conducted for her 2022 nonfiction book, Map of Hope and Sorrow, co-authored with Syrian writer and refugee Eyad Awwadawnan. The novel follows the stories of five women: four women living in an over-crowded, fetid refugee camp on the beautiful Greek island of Samos and an American tourist who comes to Samos to escape her own dark secret.