|  Joanna Hines was born in London. She read history at Somerville College, Oxford. She is currently working as a Fellow with The Royal Literary Fund at St. Mary's College, University of Surrey. She is married to the Canadian poet Derrek Hines. | 
Titles and year of publication:
| 1) Dora's Room | 1993 | 
| 2) The Fifth Secret | 1995 | 
| 3) Improvising Carla | 2002 | 
| 4) Surface Tension | 2003 | 
| 5) Angels of the Flood | 2005 | 
| 6) The Murder Bird | 2006 | 
| 7) One Mistake (novella) | 2008 |