{{Short description|American novelist (born 1952)}} {{Infobox writer | embed = | honorific_prefix = | name = Jo-Ann Mapson | honorific_suffix = | image = Jo-Ann Mapson.jpg | image_size = | image_upright = | alt = | caption = Jo-Ann Mapson | native_name = | native_name_lang = | pseudonym = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1952|3|29}} | birth_place = Pasadena, California, U.S. | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (DEATH date then BIRTH date) --> | death_place = | resting_place = | occupation = Author | language = | education = University of Redlands<br>California State University, Long Beach (BA)<br>Vermont College (MFA) | period = | genre = <!-- or: | genres = --> | subject = <!-- or: | subjects = --> | movement = | notable_works = | spouse = <!-- or: | spouses = --> | partner = <!-- or: | partners = --> | children = | relatives = | awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | years_active = 1990–present | module = | website = {{URL|https://www.joannmapson.com}} | portaldisp = <!-- "on", "yes", "true", etc.; or omit --> }} '''Jo-Ann Mapson''' (born March 29, 1952) is an American author. She is the author of twelve works of fiction, set mainly in the American Southwest.

==Biography== She was born on March 29, 1952, in Pasadena, California,<ref>{{cite book |title=Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors |date=2015 |publisher=Gale |isbn=9780787639952 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/H1000130589/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=cf3124b1 |access-date=30 January 2023 |format=Collection |chapter=Jo-Ann Mapson }}</ref> and now lives in Anchorage, Alaska.<ref name=gale>{{cite web|url=https://www.fantasticfiction.com/m/jo-ann-mapson/| title= Jo-Ann Mapson |publisher=Fantastic Fiction|accessdate=2019-08-01}}</ref> She attended Johnston College at the University of Redlands, graduated with a B.A. in English/Creative Writing from California State University Long Beach, and received her M.F.A. in both Poetry and Prose from Vermont College in 1992.<ref name=gale />

Mapson’s novels include series books—''Hank & Chloe; Loving Chloe; Bad Girl Creek; Along Came Mary; Goodbye, Earl'', as well as stand-alone novels. Their subject matter concerns women, friendship, love and child rearing and their families. An example of this is the 1996 novel, ''Shadow Ranch: A Novel'' which focuses on the women of the "Carpenter Clan" and the so-called curse which effects all members of the family over several generations. It shows the women overcoming the problems by love, dedication and a focus on the Carpenter Clan.

Her second novel, ''Blue Rodeo'', was adapted into a CBS television film of the same name, starring Ann-Margret and Kris Kristofferson. In 2006 Simon & Schuster published ''The Owl & Moon Café''.

She has taught English and Creative Writing at Orange Coast College, University of California Irvine extension, California State University Fullerton extension, Matanuska-Susitna College and now teaches in the M.F.A. Program in Writing at the University of Alaska Anchorage.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Jo-Ann-Mapson/1832036| title= Jo-Ann Mapson |publisher=Simon and Schuster|accessdate=2019-08-01}}</ref> She is also a graduate advisor for Prescott College’s MAP Program. Her former writing students (now published) include: Christina Adams, Judy Alexander, Earlene Fowler, Judi Hendricks, Joyce Weatherford.

Her papers are being collected in Boston University’s Twentieth Century Authors Archive in "The Jo-Ann Mapson Collection".

==Bibliography== * ''Spooking the Horses'' (poems) chapbook * ''Fault Line'' (stories) (1990) {{ISBN|0-944870-02-3}} * ''Hank & Chloe'' (1993) {{ISBN|0-06-016943-5}} * ''Blue Rodeo'' (1994) {{ISBN|0-06-016944-3}} * ''Shadow Ranch'' (1996) {{ISBN|0-06-017216-9}} * ''Loving Chloe'' (1998) {{ISBN|0-06-017217-7}} * ''The Wilder Sisters'' (1999) {{ISBN|0-06-019116-3}} * ''Bad Girl Creek'' (2001) {{ISBN|0-7432-0256-2}} * ''Along Came Mary'' (2003) {{ISBN|0-7432-2461-2}} * ''Goodbye, Earl'' (2004) {{ISBN|0-7432-2463-9}} * ''The Owl & Moon Café'' (2006) {{ISBN|0-7432-6641-2}} * ''Solomon's Oak'' (2010) {{ISBN|978-1-60819-330-1}} * ''Finding Casey'' (2012) {{ISBN|978-1-60819-924-2}} * ''Owen's Daughter'' (2014) {{ISBN|978-1-62040-148-4}}

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==External links== * {{Official website|https://www.joannmapson.com}}

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