Bio:

Jo grew up in the middle of the Mississippi piney woods just outside a ghost town in a county where storytelling was a major form of entertainment. This tradition inspired her passion for writing. She grew up inventing characters, roaming the woods, and picking way more than her share of butterbeans.

She holds a BA from Millsaps College and a J.D. from Yale Law School.

Jo is past ARA for SCBWI Carolinas and is a founding member of the Upstate Children’s Writer’s Group and a regular columnist on writing topics for the Pen & Palette, published by SCBWI-Carolinas. She lives with her chef husband and three children on the side of a mountain in Greenville, South Carolina, where she practices corporate, securities and employment law, raises fruits, vegetables, flowers and many, many weeds, and tries to write every day.


Writer
Associate
Member since 2004
Region: Carolinas

Contact Information

Email:  jhackl@wyche.com
Current Location:   SC

Published In Children's Market: No