Joanne is a writer of fiction and non-fiction. She loves nature, animals, funny movies, good books and strawberry daiquiris. She also loves her wonderful husband, Alwyn. Together, they live in Blackbutt, south-east Queensland, Australia, with their extensive furry family. She is also the founder and President of Charlie’s Angels Horse Rescue Inc.
Joanne has worked as a teacher, a massage therapist, an office administrator, and a professional editor. She currently also works as a holistic practitioner, author and workshop facilitator.
Writer Bio
Some of Joanne’s more notable achievements and publications:
- Wisdom Through the Ages, published in the Autumn 2012 issue of Equine News.
- Our Miracle Foal, published in the Spring 2011 issue of Equine News.
- Top 10 finalist for the 2011 Finch Memoir Prize for the manuscript, Webs of Light, an account of Joanne’s 16 years spent with her horse and the way he changed her life.
- Self-published Woodford Virgins, novel, on Lulu.com, 2011.
- Horses as Lawnmowers, June 2010, featured in The Horse Report.
- Shortlisted for the Text Publishing Prize for Young Adult and Children’s writing for her manuscript Wildfire 2009
- The Power of the Positive (Writing Queensland, February 2009).
- Winner 2007 One Book Many Brisbanes short story award for Not in Mitchelton
- Australia’s Invaders 1 and 2 (high school resource books, Knowledge Books and Software, 2007)
- Elephant’s Way (feature article, Australia’s Nova magazine, May 2008)
- Daisy Philosophy 101: Canine Advice for Living Each Moment (feature article, Spheres magazine, May 2008)
- My Life as a Technical Writer (feature article, Writing Queensland, October 2007)
- Baby Love (feature article on aromatherapy, Affair magazine, September 2007)
- Unleashed (anthology containing my winning short story, Empty, Redbubble 2007)
- In the Moment (anthology containing my winning poem, Summer Afternoon Walk, Redbubble, 2008)
- Eight book reviews (“Between the Covers”) for The Westerner newspaper, 2007
- Sing the Rain (short story, Coppertales, USQ journal of rural arts, 2001 as ‘Joanne Hunter’)
- Darkness Leering (short story, dotlit, QUT online journal, 2001 as ‘Joanne Jackson’)
- Shortlisted for State Library of Queensland’s Young Writers Award for Carriage Hopping, 2001
- Shortlisted for the Tourism Queensland Cultural Tourism Award for Young Australian Writers for A Spirit of Fire, 2000
