![]() ![]() ![]() Her first book Passion’s Bride was published in 1984 and won first place for best pirate romance from Romantic Times. Goodman has written over 30 historical romances along with short stories and novellas. ![]() Goodman loves history and likes to fit her characters and plot together, so that historical facts, attitudes, etc. She chose that pen name because she was always called Jo and Goodman is simply a loose translation of Dobrzanski. Her first book was completed in 1979 and finally published in 1984. “One grounds me in reality and the other offers me a break from it,” she says on her Historical Romance Writers page.Īs executive director of Family Connections in West Virginia’s northern panhandle, Goodman says she is “inspired by the resiliency and courage of the children she meets and feels privileged to be trusted with their stories, the ones they alone have the right to tell.” She began writing early in her counseling career because the only life scripts she could control were the ones she wrote. Jo Goodman is the pen name for Joanne Dobrzanski. Goodman feels her jobs as writer and social worker complement each other. Since most people call her Jo, and her last name, Dobrzanski, roughly translates to “good man,” she selected this moniker for publication. Jo Goodman, the historical romance author, is really Joanna Dobrzanski, the executive director of a mental health facility in West Virginia’s northern panhandle. Books by Jo Goodman The Captain's Lady Crystal Passion Seaswept Abandon Velvet Night Violet Fire Scarlet Lies Tempting Torment Midnight Princess Passion's. ![]()
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