While book selling occupied her days, she spent her mornings writing articles and short stories for publications such as Good Housekeeping, Ladies' Home Journal, the Saturday Evening Post, and The New York Times.
An editor at Harper's read her short story "The Sound of Home" published in Common Ground and approached her about turning it into a book.
[2] Working with her husband, Helen wrote Anything Can Happen (1945), a humorous account of George's experiences as a new immigrant in the United States.
In April 1945, an Armed Services Edition of the book was published and distributed to American troops fighting in World War II.
[5] A year later, she was chosen by Governor Dick Thornburgh as a Distinguished Daughter of Pennsylvania, citing her approach to race and her work with libraries.