A history graduate, turned teacher and now a published author, Joan's writing encompasses both historical fiction, contemporary women’s fiction, non-fiction and more recently crime fiction. Born in Dumfries, Scotland, she has been living in Spain for the last twenty-eight years. Many of her novels are set there, particularly the historical ones which focus on two distinct periods in the country’s history, the Spanish Civil War and Moorish Spain. To date she has written and published twenty books. She is a member of the Society of Authors, the Crime Writers Association and the Colectivo Malagueño de Escritores.