Jo Maeder's Biography
Member Info
Guilford County, North Carolina and Dutchess County, New York
Oct 2008
WHEN I MARRIED MY MOTHER is the true story of leaving my life as a New York City radio DJ to move to the Bible Belt to care for my estranged, eccentric mother. What I thought would be some of the worst years of my life were, in fact, some of the best. This is my first memoir after several novels.
Influences
Autobiographical fiction and memoir
Upcoming Works
WHEN I MARRIED MY MOTHER (Da Capo Press/Perseus)
Agents
Marly Rusoff
Recommended Links
Publishers
Da Capo Press, part of the Perseus Book Group
Interests & Hobbies
The BookUP. Promoting "long-form reading in a short-form world."
Cooking Moroccan tagines and baking cookies.
Being a Story Junkie.
This book is important to every mother and daughter, and to every woman who wants to be one. (WHEN I MARRIED MY MOTHER)”
—Maya Angelou
About Jo
WHEN I MARRIED MY MOTHER is the true story of leaving my life as a New York City radio DJ to move to the Bible Belt to care for my estranged, eccentric mother. What I thought would be some of the worst years of my life were, in fact, some of the best. This is...
Connections
Causes Jo Maeder Supports
Earlier.org
Jo’s Favorite Books
I read all kinds of books but I'm partial to memoir and autobiographical fiction. There are so many great books (and new ones every week), it's hard to narrow...