I'm J.F. (Joanna Frances) Penn, an Award-nominated, New York Times and USA Today bestselling thriller author. My books blend my love of traveling and learning new things with psychology and the supernatural in a fast-paced style. I'm also an international professional speaker and award-winning creative entrepreneur. I love reading and always dreamed of writing my own books, but I spent many years thinking about it before I actually took the plunge. However, I did write a lot of journals … Read more

I'll update this page every few weeks, so you know what I'm working on right now. 11 August 2017 I've finished the first draft of the Map book (working title), a dark fantasy novel based around the themes of cartography and the meaning of borders. It opens in Bath at an antique map shop just around the corner from me and some of the main action occurs in The Circus, a circular Georgian … Click here to read more