My name is Joan.

BACKGROUND

I was born in beautiful, landlocked Zambia and grew up there, first in a remote village and then in a small mining town. We moved when I was twelve to Vanuatu – a chain of magical islands in the South West Pacific. I have also lived with dragons (otherwise known as housemistresses) at boarding school, monks in India and alongside real-life pirates in Nigeria. You can now find me in the Scottish hills with my cats and other family.

ECO
One big theme in my writing is looking after our planet and its biodiversity, which is something I have campaigned for since my first bake sale to save elephants at age eleven. (Elephants still need saved.) I am now a member of the Climate Fiction Writers League and I am proud to publish with Bonnier, which is a carbon negative publisher. My family and I offset our own carbon footprint through the Tweed Forum. I travel less and I’m a firm fan of armchair adventures – I teach a course on travel writing to university students.