Jo Thomas is the author of bestselling romantic fiction novels including The Oyster Catcher - which won both the RNA Joan Hessayon Award and the Festival of Romance Best eBook Award - and Escape to the French Farmhouse, which was a no.1 Kindle bestseller.

Jo worked for many years as a BBC radio reporter and producer before turning her hand to writing novels.

Her kitchen in Pembrokeshire is her happy place and she can often be found at the kitchen table enjoying meals she has cooked for family and friends, or writing about food, love, laughter and community in places you'll want to call home.