Joyce Moore lives on three acres in Florida with her two rescued boxer dogs. During one teen-aged summer, while reading Nancy Drew mysteries and Little Women, she fell in love with the written word. Her current passions, besides writing, are her herb garden, golf, piano, yoga, and belly dancing. Being a Gemini, her interests can change with the tide.

She has won prizes for her writing, including the Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Writing the Region contest and the Letters Competition sponsored by the National League of American Pen Women. Joyce is widely published, having done free-lance work for various publications and major newspapers. She was a guest writer for two years in the St. Petersburg Times Reader-Written Novel, and was selected to be on a panel of speakers at the popular Times Festival of Reading. More recently Joyce was accepted for summer residency at The Hambidge Center.