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Jo-Ann Goodwin grew up in Sheffield and studied English at Hull University. She followed this with an M.Phil on Dickens at York University. She works as a full-time journalist and is particularly known for her investigations into organized crime and miscarriages of justice. Jo-Ann is married and lives in north London. Her fist novel, Danny Boy, was widely acclaimed. Sweet Gum was shortlisted for the 2006 Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award.
Jo-Ann Goodwin's Sweet Gum...combines a gripping contemporary crime story with literary symbolism. Hers is a fresh, sometimes comic and profoundly moral new voice. -- JENNI MURRAY MAIL ON SUNDAY Brilliant, sparkling and unforgiveably nasty -- DEBORAH ORR A writer who refuses to glamorise the violence of the underworld...underpinning the tension with a cracking dry wit...Her skill at characterisation is equal to Zadie Smith's...Like a good, old-fashioned storyteller she is also a mistress at pacing, mischievously lacing her novel with red herrings...a compelling, thoughtful read SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY Terrifyingly intense and disturbing...her utter fearlessness as a writer gives this novel both its power and ultimately its glory -- SUSANNA MOORE A modern parable...a nightmare vision...it's bloodcurdling stuff. INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY
