
Meet The Author:

Joanne's love of writing began at age four, when she wrote her first "book" of poetry. Five pages of scratch drawings, misspelled words and a poorly formed signature was all it took to trigger the writing obsession.
The origin of Joanne's first novel began with characters that seemed to unwittingly spring to life within her mind. Joanne allowed those characters to speak to her, their voices growing in volume. Finally, their problems became so compelling they began to haunt Joanne's dreams at night. She couldn't escape the constant barrage of her characters' stories, and in February, 2008, Joanne placed her hands on the keyboard for the first time, to exorcise those voices from her head. In June, 2008, the first draft of her manuscript was complete, and the rest, as they say, is history.