- Joanna Wayne
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name = Jo Ann Vest
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pseudonym = Joanna Wayne
birthname = Jo Ann Vest
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birthplace =Shreveport, Louisiana ,United States
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occupation =Novelist
nationality = American
period =1994 -present
genre = Romance
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website = http://www.joannawayne.comJo Ann Vest is an American
author of contemporaryromance novels under thepseudonym Joanna Wayne.Biography
Wayne was born and raised in
Shreveport, Louisiana . She began reading when she was four years old, and quickly began making weekly trips to the library to find books to read. In 1984, she married and moved toNew Orleans , where she enrolled in a writing course and joined a professional writing organization.cite web|title=About Joanna|publisher=JoannaWayne.com|url=http://www.joannawayne.com/about.shtml|Accessdate=2007-09-05]Her books have appeared on the
Waldenbooks Bestselling List for romance. She has been nominated four times for a "Romantic Times" Reviewer's Choice Award, winning twice with "Surprise Package" and "Attempted Matrimony". "Romantic Times" has also nominated her for a Career Achievement Award. [cite web|title=Author Profile: Joanna Warren|publisher=Romantic Times|url=http://www.romantictimes.com/authors_profile.php?author=448|accessdate=2007-09-05]
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