Joyce Thompson

Joyce Thompson was born in Seattle in 1948, the only child of two lawyers. She was a storyteller at 5 and a poet by 10. After graduating from Cornell University, she worked for publishers in New York and Boston and co-founded Dark Horse, a poetry and fiction tabloid that published quarterly for ten years. Her first novel, The Blue Chair, was published by then-Avon editor, Susan Moldow, in 1977. Five more novels, two collections of short stories and a memoir followed.

As the single mother of two and needing money, she novelized the film Harry and Hendersons, which became a popular kids' book club selection. When fifth grade teachers gave their Write your Favorite Author assignment, bags of mail turned up on Thompson's front porch. Unable to answer, she hid it all in the crawlspace under the stairs where it remained until her daughter found and read it. 30 years later, she sincerely apologizes for not thanking the young fan who named his per bunny after her.

Since 1995, Thompson has supported her writing habit as an interviewer and technology product marketer. She's taught many amazing writers, been a Lambda Literary and Staunch Book Prize finalist and is currently working on the podcast version of How to Greet Strangers. Many of her short stories are available on Amazon Audible. She lives in Oakland, CA where the barrio meets the hood with her husband, Schuyler ingle and a moody geriatric cat.