Bio
Born in Maghera, County Derry, Northern Ireland, Jo Burns is a 39 year old biomedical scientist and mother of three.
She has resided in Chile, Scotland, England, and now lives with her family in Germany.
To date, her poems have been published by A New Ulster, The Taj Mahal Review, Greensilk Journal, The Artistic Muse,
Poetry Breakfast, The Galway Review, The Honest Ulsterman, featured in The Irish Literary Times, Poetry NI P.O.E.T Anthology,
Dove Tales Anthology Identity, The Literateur, Lakeview International Journal of Arts and Literature, and is forthcoming
in Four x Four, and Poetry Pacific. Two Pamphlets Picasso's Women and Vermächtnis were highly commended by
Munster Lit Fool For Poetry Chapbook Competition 2016. Her work has been longlisted for the
Over The Edge New Writer of the Year 2016.