Jo Seaman

Jo Seaman's parents travelled to follow job opportunities and Jo grew up in Nigeria, Northern Ireland, South East London and Australia. This gave her a love of meeting new people and seeing interesting places. Unsurprisingly, she was drawn to an international career. Jo worked for the British Council for almost 30 years, firstly in London and Manchester, with short assignments all over Africa, Asia and the former Soviet Union. She then lived in Egypt, Georgia, Pakistan, Jamaica and France before returning to the UK. She is married. She and her husband live in Dorset, have various rescue pets and are trying to be environmentally friendly to atone for all the flying about.

Her travels and adventures have given her a rich source of material for her writing.

“Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try and understand each other, we may even become friends.” Maya Angelou