Jo Guasasco (Meador) is the second daughter in an Irish-Italian family which bestowed upon her a capacity for deep love, a diverse and rich cultural heritage, and a curiosity for the community and world around her. Chatter, stories, music, and art filled her imagination with the tools of storytelling. In school she liked reading and writing best of all and began to keep a daily journal which she has continued her whole life.

Jo obtained her BA degree in liberal arts and took jobs in teaching music and English in high school before switching to more lucrative jobs in computing in the business world. Jo developed an expertise and reputation in the data management descipline, first in banking and later, in the aerospace industry.

While pursueing her business career, Jo began taking classes in fiction writing at university and attending writing conferences. After retiring from her “day job” she earned a Masters of Fine Arts degree from Northwest Literary Institute in Washington state.

Today, Jo writes on Whidbey Island in Washington state where she is constantly dreaming up that next great novel.