MYSTERIES
AND
THRILLERS
Joanne Clarey’s
Brief Biography
JOANNE CLAREY grew up in
Massachusetts and graduated from Colby College, Waterville, Maine with an
B.A.in English Literature. She taught English in New Hampshire, New York, and
Maine public schools and operated her own antique business before earning her
M.Ed. and Ed.D., in Counseling and Supervision at the University of Maine. She
taught Counseling and Women’s Studies at the University of Southern Maine and worked
as a Licensed Professional Counselor in private practice and as a consultant for
over two decades.
Research
articles on women’s development, newsletter columns, two career training
manuals for women, music lyrics and numerous other non-fiction writings
preceded Clarey’s fiction writing. She is the author of five fiction novels, numerous
articles, short stories and poems. The Dr. Christie McMorrow thriller series, TWISTED TRUTH and SKINNED, takes place in Portland, Maine and the Hummingbird Falls mystery
series, THE MYSTERIES OF HUMMINGBIRD
FALLS, RIDDLED TO DEATH, and THE
FALL HUNT takes place in the White Mountains of New Hampshire.
Clarey
lives in North Carolina and New England. Her life is enriched by her partner,
two children, her grandson, four siblings, wonderful friends, challenging and
supportive authors, and her writers’ roundtable. In addition to writing, Clarey gives talks
about writing, sits on panels at conferences, collects rocks, pans for gold,
reads, creates in mixed media and loves to swim in icy mountain streams and
lakes.
She
can be reached at:
joannejhc@aol.com
336-880-5692
Mailing
address June-November: Joanne Clarey
1503 Pinehurst Dr.
High Point, NC 27262
Mailing
address November-May: Joanne Clarey
Box 22
Jackson, NH 03846
