Jo de-Lancey is a fantasy writer from the U.K. She wanted to be an author from a very young age, and used to while away the hours writing stories about enchanted scarecrows – which she’d then read to her older brother and his friends. Yes, she now cringes about this, but everyone has to start somewhere and with some sort of audience.
She’s since left the scarecrows behind in favour of thieves, pirates and magic. A love of the classic Final Fantasy and Zelda games drew her towards the fantasy genre, as well as the desire to create her own world. Her debut novel, The Crystal Shore, is the first in a series of four.
When she’s not writing can be found playing video games, navigating the wilds of the English countryside with her fiancée or watchi
Hi there! I'm a former lifestyle and travel journalist, having written for a broad range pf publications from The Times to The Guardian, the Daily Mail and Harper's Bazaar. Now I'm a full-time author and I published my first book, Mixed Doubles -- a bouncy rom-com set in a quintessentially English country tennis club -- in 2022.
In December 2024 I published my second book, Motherhood -- a poignant but funny tale about how there is more than one way to be a mother. The idea behind it is that a woman doesn't have to have a baby to be a mother; she can 'mother' other things, from friends' or siblings' children to her pets or even creative projects. The novel was inspired by a quote from Jennifer Aniston, who is famously child-free and vocal on
