Helen Brown (née Blackman; born 1954) is a New Zealand-born author, best known for her memoirs about cats and the meaning of life.

At age 18 she flew to England to marry her first husband, Steve, whom she had met three years prior.

[1] The book is about a small black cat who helped mend a family's broken hearts.

[4] When Brown fostered a rescue cat, Bono, in New York, her Huffington Post blog about finding a home for him had more than 26 million readers.

Her book Bono, The Amazing Story of a Rescue Who Inspired a Community was translated into several languages.