1. Jojo Moyes is one of only a few authors to have twice won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists' Association and her works have been translated into twenty-eight languages and have sold over 40 million copies worldwide.
10 Facts About Jojo Moyes
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Pauline Sara-Jo Moyes was born on 4 August 1969, in Maidstone, England.
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Jojo Moyes earned a journalism degree from City University as well as a degree at Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, London University.
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Jojo Moyes won a bursary financed by The Independent newspaper which allowed her to attend the postgraduate newspaper journalism course at City University in 1992.
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Jojo Moyes subsequently worked for The Independent for the next 10 years in various roles, becoming Assistant News Editor in 1998.
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Early in her writing career, Jojo Moyes wrote three manuscripts that were all initially rejected.
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Jojo Moyes became a full-time novelist in 2002, when her first book Sheltering Rain was published.
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Jojo Moyes continues to write articles for The Daily Telegraph.
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Jojo Moyes's investment gave the program three additional years of funding.
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Jojo Moyes cites Behind the Scenes at the Museum by Kate Atkinson as a book that made her want to be a better writer, and she is inspired by authors such as Nora Ephron, Marian Keyes, Lisa Jewell, Jonathan Tropper, and Jane Austen.