Joanna Traynor
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Joanna Traynor is the author of Sister Josephine, Divine and Bitch Money, all published by Bloomsbury, and an educational television
producer/writer.
Joanna was born in London
but raised in foster care
in Chester
. She is of mixed race - her mother was a daughter of Irish
immigrants and her father Nigerian.
Her first novel, Sister Josephine, won the SAGA Prize in 1996. Joanna described the novel as: "..a semi-autobiographical account of a foster child on a white northern working class council estate and her experience of hospital life as a nurse in Liverpool
. I used my own childhood as a canvas and painted things on it." Joanna is passionate about writing, communications, technology and relationship counselling.
Educational television
Educational television is the use of television programs in the field of distance education. It may be in the form of individual television programs or dedicated specialty channels that is often associated with cable television in the United States as Public, educational, and government access ...
producer/writer.
Joanna was born in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
but raised in foster care
Foster care
Foster care is the term used for a system in which a minor who has been made a ward is placed in the private home of a state certified caregiver referred to as a "foster parent"....
in Chester
Chester
Chester is a city in Cheshire, England. Lying on the River Dee, close to the border with Wales, it is home to 77,040 inhabitants, and is the largest and most populous settlement of the wider unitary authority area of Cheshire West and Chester, which had a population of 328,100 according to the...
. She is of mixed race - her mother was a daughter of Irish
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
immigrants and her father Nigerian.
Her first novel, Sister Josephine, won the SAGA Prize in 1996. Joanna described the novel as: "..a semi-autobiographical account of a foster child on a white northern working class council estate and her experience of hospital life as a nurse in Liverpool
Liverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...
. I used my own childhood as a canvas and painted things on it." Joanna is passionate about writing, communications, technology and relationship counselling.