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JoAnne Soper-Cook was born in Old Perlican, Newfoundland and grew up in Hant's Harbour. She published her first story at the age of 8 when her mother, impressed with the quality of a short story she'd written for a school project, sent it in to a local newspaper. Since then she has written novels, novellas, short stories, plays, speeches, radio scripts and some really, really bad poetry. She holds a B.A. (Honors) and an M.A. in English Literature from Memorial University and a B.Ed, also from Memorial. When she isn't writing she loves reading (pulp, mystery, and Southern Gothic are her favourite genres) walking, travel (the Deep South states of Mississippi and Louisiana rank high on her list of destinations to return to) and listening to the voices in her head. She makes her home in St. John's, Newfoundland, with her husband Paul and her spoiled rotten 'dogter' Lola. Sadly, Sheppie crossed the Rainbow Bridge on August 23, 2013, and is very much loved and very much missed.</p>
