J. Richardson shares her time these days between her tiny house near her beloved Texas hometown and a getaway home on an Arkansas river. Her children, grand-children and two great grand-children are scattered across the large home state. She married her high school sweetheart.

The small adventures and rich life experiences are the inspiration for her writing. She and her hubby built, from scratch, five homes in the past nearly fifty years...a log house in the woods of East Texas, a lakehouse, a farmhouse, a cabin at the foot of the Colorado mountains and their present river house.

She published her first novel in 2013, with eleven to follow. There are also two youth (for ages 8-11 years) books published.

A pen name claims her writings because she states that many of her characters are based on friends and family. "Although," says Jo, "many are based on my years of observing people, characters I have met and from my overworked imagination."

Jo says, "I think the internet is such a fascinating tool for learning, to research new locations. Research is my favorite part of writing a novel. The social media sites are just not for this old gal, but the communications from my readers are a great joy for me. Writing has been a fresh and exciting experience for me."

"My favorite reads are mystery and humor. In recent years I've become very interested in the Preppers movement and the everyday person's options for survival of catastrophe. I enjoy reading the dystopian fiction and that led me to wanting to write my own stories on the subject."

Jackson grew up in the post catastrophe small town of Unity. Over thirty years since an EMP struck earth and caused worldwide chaos, America is progressing but far from healed and back to normal. The young man longs to venture out from home. Dallas, the large Texas city looms one hundred miles to the west. Only a shadow of it's past life as a bustling metro city, the town is growing and changing. He has made his decision to give the big city a try. Will he find work, friends and a new life there? Or will unexpected adventures and danger await him? The unknown pulls him into new territory.