Jo Case
Jo Case is a writer and editor based in Melbourne, Australia. She was born in Adelaide in 1975.
She has served as senior writer and editor at the Wheeler Centre, an institution dedicated to the discussion and practice of writing and ideas, and as Reviews Editor for The Big Issue (Australia).[1]
Case's first book, Boomer and Me: A memoir of motherhood, and Asperger’s was published by Hardie Grant in Australia in April 2013, and in the United Kingdom in May 2013. She is a founding member of the editorial team of Kill Your Darlings, an Australian literary journal. Case writes about the process of writing a memoir on her blog.[2]
Case's short story "Hell is Other Parents," originally published in The Sleepers Almanac, was selected for The Best Australian Stories 2009, edited by Delia Falconer.
References
Further reading
- Fiona Gruber, "Mothers Discuss Asperger's", The Age, 13 July 2013. http://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/books/mothers-discuss-aspergers-20130711-2psyp.html
- James Tierney, "Review of Boomer & Me: A Memoir of Motherhood, and Asperger’s by Jo Case", The Newtown Review of Books, 23 April 2013. http://newtownreviewofbooks.com/2013/04/23/jo-case-boomer-me-a-memoir-of-motherhood-and-aspergers-reviewed-by-james-tierney/