Joanne Simon Tailele, a mid-west girl from Youngstown Ohio wrote her first story at the age of ten in blue colored pencil. To coin a phrase from Jodi Picoult, her writing idol, Ms. Tailele says, "My stories are 'moral fiction', to raise the moral conscience of current events that people would prefer to shove under the rug."Joanne currently resides on Marco Island on the SW Gulf coast of Florida with her husband. The proud the parents of 8 his-and-hers kids and 9 grandchildren, they spend their time golfing, boating and enjoying the white sandy beaches of Marco Island.