Passion, Patience and Persistence



​Jo has signed a contract for another novel, A World of Silence. It is about three women and the secrets they keep. What are the consequences of speaking out? Of staying silent?
Watch this space for the release date and cover reveal. 

In Jo's debut novel, The Truth About My Daughter , she
'negotiates, fearlessly, the harsh terrain of family dynamics - the secrets, the cruelty, the power - finding both heartache and beauty.' Amanda O'Callaghan (award-winning author of  'This Taste for Silence.'

Sisters Fin and George navigate their love/hate relationship growing up in a highly dysfunctional family.
Will Fin finally fulfill her dream of parenthood, or will her family's needs once again prevail?

‘Steinbauer family history was rewritten even while it was happening until it became difficult to recall which bits were fabricated or embellished.’
​Jo is a Brisbane based GP who writes contemporary women’s fiction as well as freelance non-fiction articles about women’s issues and mental health. She also has a distance running habit. When she is not working or writing you will find her accruing kilometres while plotting her next story.
 
She lives in Brisbane and is married with three children. 
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Learn more about Jo on her Hawkeye author page

Passion
Writing awards and Publications

Published Work
MiNDFOOD  - multiple essays about domestic violence, mental health and women's health issues
The Big Issue - October 2021 - Essay A Touch of Humanity
​Grieve Anthology - 2021 and 2022 Hunter's Writer's Centre 
Jump Anthology - 2021 Hawkeye Books 
​Water Under the Bridge Anthology - 2022 Hawkeye Books
Right Left Write Anthology - 2021 Volume 1 Queensland Writers Centre
Scope Magazine - multiple short stories and poetry
For Ukraine By Women of the World - by Dr Diann Rodgers-Healey - poem The War to End All Wars
​Medicine Today - essays relating to general practice 
Persistence...

Marathons 

61 Marathons - completed
My Five Latest Marathons 


 



2023 - Rome Virtual Pacer Marathon
2023 - Indigenous Marathon Foundation - Run Sweat Inspire for NAIDOC week
​2023 - Boston Pacer Adventure Marathon
2023- Indigenous Marathon Foundation November marathon challenge
​2024 - Indigenous marathon challenge
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Patience...
Writing Novels 




​Jo's novel The Truth About My Daughter, is a contemporary women's novel featuring two sisters who grow up in a dysfunctional family. 

Her novel, A World of Silence  is about the secrets women keep and the the consequences of staying silent and speaking out. It is due for release in 2025.
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