Joanne Larner

Joanne was born in Islington, London, but now lives in Rayleigh Essex, with her husband and two dogs, Jonah and Hunter.
She is a Registered Osteopath and Complementary Health Therapist, (soon to retire from this) but has many and varied other interests as well. She has an eclectic mixture of hobbies and other interests. She reads voraciously and when she becomes interested in a new subject, she explores it as deeply as possible and researches it thoroughly. Some have been part of her life for decades and others are newer. She is, and has always been, an animal lover; she loves to travel, but her favourite place is Norway. A recent interest has been Richard III and she became so obsessed that she hasnow written a trilogy of novels about him. It was the fulfilment of a life-long ambition to write a novel, which started when she won a writing competition in her local library at the age of nine.
She speaks on over a dozen subjects and is planning more: her latest project is a talk on The Elusive, Satisfying, Infuriating, Challenging and Hazardous Art of Bellringing!