Jo was born in South Africa and studied at Wits University where she majored in English Literature and Psychology. She has a postgraduate degree in Clinical Psychology and studied novel writing at the London School of Journalism.

Her writing is influenced by her experiences as an expat wife and mother, raising three children as she moved from South Africa to Japan, Russia, Switzerland, Singapore and Malaysia before settling in the UK and working as a freelance writer.

She loves to explore relationship and family dynamics and the socio-cultural influences on our choices as women.

Jo lives in Berkshire with her husband, three children, two cats and their dog.