Jo Graham

Jo Graham
Born 1968 (age 55–56)
North Carolina
Occupation Novelist
Nationality American
Genre Historical fiction
Website
www.livejournal.com/users/jo_graham

Jo Graham (born 1968) is an American author who debuted in 2008 with her novel Black Ships, a re-imagination of The Aeneid. She lives in Maryland. Her influences as a writer are Mary Renault and James Michener, both of whom wrote novels about places and situations unusual for most readers.

Black Ships received a star rating when reviewed by Publishers Weekly and was nominated for the 2009 Locus Award for Best First Novel. Her second novel, Hand of Isis (March 2009), which features the reincarnated main character of Black Ships, was given a starred review by Kirkus Reviews.

She has published several Stargate Atlantis tie-in novels with by Fandemonium Press.

Her forthcoming works include Sounding Dark, a space opera, to be published in December 2021 by Candlemark & Gleam.

Books

  • Black Ships (Hachette Book Group, 2008) ISBN 978-0-316-06800-0
2009 Locus Award Finalist