Joanne Schoenwald began writing stories from age six and kept going. She studied journalism and film and media studies at university and then worked as a teacher before she became an editor, and then founded and ran a horse rescue charity for three years. Her first published book, The Tea Chest, was picked up by an agent in 2012 and she's been loving her new career as an author ever since. She was born in Brisbane and now lives in Noosa with her husband, son and large animal family. She is a bestselling author of multiple books and now writes solely under the name Josephine Moon.