Jojo Moyes is a highly accomplished British author, best known for her romance novels. She was born in London in 1969 and was named after a song by the Beatles singing group. Moyes has had a successful career in journalism, having worked for various publications such as The Independent, Hong Kong's Sunday Morning Post, and The Daily Telegraph. She even won a bursary from The Independent to attend a postgrad journalism course at City University in London, which marked the beginning of her journalism career.
Moyes later transitioned to a career in novel writing, but her background in journalism has remained a significant influence in her writing. She has written for numerous publications, holding various writing jobs, including writing braille for people who were blind and creating brochures. In 2001, Moyes became a full-time novelist, and her novel "Foreign Fruit" won the Romantic Novelists' Association (RNA) Romantic Novel of the Year in 2004.
Moyes is a prolific writer, having authored several bestsellers, including "Me Before You," "After You," "Still Me," "The Girl You Left Behind," "The One Plus One," and "Paris for One and Other Stories." Her novels have been translated into forty-six languages, have topped the charts in twelve countries, and have sold over thirty-eight million copies worldwide. "Me Before You" has been particularly successful, selling over fourteen million copies worldwide and being adapted into a major film starring Sam Claflin and Emilia Clarke. Moyes currently resides in Essex with her family, where she continues to write and create captivating stories.