Helen DeWitt found safe

Thankfully, the missing novelist has turned up in Niagara Falls, where she’s been known to haunt previously:

Missing novelist Helen DeWitt turned up Wednesday in Niagara Falls, N.Y., after vanishing from her Staten Island home, police said.

Dewitt, who had been described as suicidal, was found in good condition, New York police said. She was to be taken to a hospital for evaluation.

Niagara Falls Police Department officers had been asked by New York City police to watch out for DeWitt, who wrote the critically acclaimed “The Last Samurai,” Niagara Lt. Joe Morrison said.

“She had a history here,” said Morrison, who had no details about how she was found.

Wonderful news, and here’s hoping she can get the rest and help she needs.