Jo Anne Barnes received her MBS from the University of Texas at Dallas. She's taught school on every level, including college. She quit a job she loved, Practice Teaching Specialist at UTD, to devote more time to her passion for writing. During her childhood, stories of old plantation houses and their owners fascinated her and later inspired her to write a time travel romance story, Time's Daughter. She recently published a thriller, The Thirteenth Apostle. She's also co-authored two books for children, A Horse for the Heart and Mystery of the Swamp Lights.
