Joanne Hall

Joanne Hall is the same age as Star Wars, which explains a lot.... She lives in Bristol, England with her partner. She enjoys reading, writing, listening to music, playing console games, watching movies, eating chocolate and failing to exercise.

A full-time author since 2003, Joanne's "New Kingdom" fantasy trilogy was published by Epress Online, and was a finalist in both the PLUTO and EPPIE awards. Her short stories have appeared in many publications, both print and online, including Afterburn SF, Quantum Muse, and The Harrow.

She has had short stories published in several anthologies, including "Pirates of the Cumberland Basin" in Future Bristol, and "Corpse Flight" in Dark Spires. Her short story collection, "The Feline Queen" was published by Wolfsinger Publications. Her fourth novel, "The Art of Forgetting : Rider", was published by Kristell Ink in June 2013, with its sequel, "Nomad" following in July 2014. "Rider" has been longlisted for the 2014 Tiptree Award.

For the last six years, Joanne has been the Chair of BristolCon, Bristol's premier (and only!) science fiction and fantasy convention She also runs the Bristol Fantasy and SF Society Facebook group, and occasionally works in an editing position for Dark Ocean Studios, a small comics company based in San Jose, as well as taking on freelance editing projects.

She is the co-editor, with Roz Clarke and Rick Novy, of "Colinthology", a tribute anthology to the late Colin Harvey, which also includes her short story "Lukewarm in Lynhelm." Roz and Jo also edited the steampunk anthology "Airship Shape and Bristol Fashion" which included the short story "Brass and Bone". "Airship Shape" was published in April 2014.

Joanne's latest novel, "Spark and Carousel", which she describes as "Oliver Twist meets The Godfather, only with magic and demons", is due to be published by Kristell Ink in September 2015.