I grew up in Massachusetts and graduated from Colby College, Maine with a BA in English Literature.  I taught High School English and operated my own antique business until I earned my M.Ed. and Ed.D. in Clinical Counseling and supervision from the University of Maine at Orono, ME.  I taught Counseling and Women's Studies at the University of Southern Maine and provided psychotherapy in my private practice as a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor for other two decades before I retired. Many of my books have been inspired by the life stories I was honored to witness while in private practice.

   Before I started writing novels, I kept busy writing research articles, newspaper columns, song lyrics, poetry, short stories, essays and numerous other non-fiction writings. Gradually, the short pieces began to form into longer writings and my first thriller,Twisted Truth, was born and I was hooked. In the following three years four more novels followed.  I am working on six and seven now, the third book in each series.

   I continue to spend my summer months in the north, between Maine and New Hampshire, my roots still clamoring for what they  know best.  But in the winter, I head for North Carolina where the climate is more conducive for enjoying the outdoors and southern hospitality without freezing temperatures.  Mysteries abide wherever I go and I continue to capture them in words whether I am north or south.

  My life is enriched by my two children, my grandson, my four siblings, wonderful friends and challenging and supportive authors and friends in my writer's roundtable.

 

Any questions? Reach me at www.joanne@joanneclarey.com.  I'll try to get back to you as soon as possible.

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