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Interests

  • General

  • Music

    ..Everything from Chopin to Usher, Gretchen Wilson to Def Leppard.
    I adore Sam Cooke and tons of fifties music.
    Billie Holiday and Loreena McKennitt are perennial favorites, but opera and medieval music both float my boat too.

  • Movies

    ..Sense and Sensibility
    A Room with a View
    The Philadelphia Story
    Notorious
    Picnic
    It Happened One Night
    To Catch a Thief
    Moonstruck
    Bull Durham
    Forrest Gump
    Last of the Mohicans
    Shawshank Redemption
    Lord of the Rings
    Steel Magnolias
    All the Bourne movies

  • Television

    The Office
    The Mentalist
    Fringe
    Anything historical. Anything on the Biography Channel

  • Books

    ..Anything by Susan Elizabeth Phillips, Judith Ivory, Lisa Kleypas, Teresa Medeiros, Stephanie Bond, Lori Foster, Catherine Mann, Julie Leto or Vicki Lewis Thompson. I read a lot of romance, historical romance, and mainstream fiction. I recently enjoyed J.R. Ward's vampire series and I love Tana French's work. I like historical non-fiction on the Middle Ages or more ancient civilizations.

    Some of my all-time favorites include:

    THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD, Zora Neale Hurston

    THE RED TENT, Anita Diamant

    THE ALCHEMIST, Paul Coelho

    THE NAME OF THE ROSE, Umberto Eco

    A THOUSAND SPLENDED SUNS, Khaled Hosseni

    THE TEMPLE OF MY FAMILIAR, Alice Walker

    LIGHTHOUSEKEEPING, Jeanette Winterson

    This year, I re-read Pillars of the Earth and loved it all over again. I'd like to re-read some other stories with a medieval flavor like The Once and Future King. If you've got any medieval-set favorites, please do share them with me.

  • Heroes

    Devoted English teachers, fearless explorer of the unconscious C.G. Jung, Siddharta, our Armed Forces and my big sister, a pediatric intensive care nurse. Webfetti.com

Blurbs

About me:

http://twitter.com/JoanneRock6 http://facebook.com/JoanneRockAuthor http://joannerock.com Welcome! Please do stop by my blog to read some of my musings on writing. My series "Setting the Story Free" is a practical guide through the creative process to help you turn a desire to write into a manuscript.

I'm a writer with sixty-plus books on the shelves since my first sale. My latest venture is Young Adult books with my writing partner- and sister-in-law- Karen Rock. Our debut, CAMP BOYFRIEND is a Summer 2013 release from Spencer Hill Contemp. A dear friend says I'm a Type A personality masquerading through life as a Type B and she probably has a point. I'm ambitious, but don't consider myself competitive with anyone but ME! I have high expectations and take a lot of joy in a job well done. As a writer, I like thinking about what makes people tick and have fun toying with all kinds of personality profiles from the psychological to the astrological to their birth order. I'm an INFJ and a Virgo with the Moon in Leo, a Scorpio Ascendant, for what any of that is worth. In color terms, I'm a Yellow. In the world of Enneagrams, I haven't quite figured myself out yet.

After attending the University of Louisville for a graduate degree in English, I wrote my first romance novel and haven't looked back since. I write sexy contemporaries and medieval historicals, but I like to mix it up sometimes and add a dose of humor and/or suspense.


Here's the official scoop, as in the back cover bio:

Bestselling Harlequin author Joanne Rock writes sexy contemporary romances and medieval historicals that have been reprinted in twenty-four countries and translated into nineteen languages. A Golden Heart winner and three-time RITA nominated author, Joanne has been recognized with numerous industry awards including a RIO (Reviewer’s International Organization) Award, a Beacon, and a Romantic Times' W.I.S.H. Award. A former college teacher and public relations coordinator, she has a Master’s in English from the University of Louisville.

Who I'd like to meet:

*Anais Nin, the subject of my graduate thesis who inspired an interest in life writing and how we portray ourselves.

*Carl Jung to discuss the collective unconscious and his need to build The Tower at Bollingen.

*Eleanor of Aquitaine to find out what this fiesty queen was like in person.

*H.D., author of Trilogy, of which "Tribute to the Angels" is my favorite.

*A Druid from ancient times to reveal the mysteries of their culture.

*The Barefoot Contessa-- you're a hero, Ina!

*Readers, writers, poets, thinkers, medievalists, followers of Jungian psychology, history buffs, lyricists, artists, optimists, philosophers and anyone who is passionate about what they do and about discovering who they could become.

Details

  • Status: Married
  • Here for: Friends
  • Hometown: Wanderer
  • Zodiac Sign: Virgo
  • Children: Proud parent
  • Education: Grad / professional school

Schools

  • University Of Louisville

    • Louisville, KY
    • Graduated: 1995
    • Student status: Alumni
    • Degree: Master's Degree
    • Major: English
    1993 to 1995

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