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Joanne Macgregor

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When not writing, Joanne Macgregor is a counselling psychologist in private practice where she works mainly with victims of crime and trauma.

Although she lives in the frenetic adrenaline-rush of the big city, Joanne has always been in love with nature, and escapes into the wilds whenever she can. She's a Harry Potter fanatic, bakes the best choc-chip cookies on the planet, and is addicted to chilies and bulletproof coffee.

She started her professional life as a high school English teacher and loves writing about, and for, teens. She is the author of several books for Young Adults - Scarred, Recoil, Refuse, Rebel, Hushed and The law of Tall Girls.

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I'm going to steal I question I saw somewhere. Who are your favourite fictional couple and why?

Joanne Macgregor Hey Frieda!

Obviously, I love the couples in my own books, but if we exclude those, hmmm. Romantic couples: I love Rhett Butler and Scarlet o'Hara - un…moreHey Frieda!

Obviously, I love the couples in my own books, but if we exclude those, hmmm. Romantic couples: I love Rhett Butler and Scarlet o'Hara - unforgettable! Also, Mr Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet.
Family couples, I love Sam and Dean Winchester (hey, you said fictional, not in a book, right? Also, I do not ship them a romantic couple. They are brothers, people!)

For a crime-fighting duo, I love Inspector Linsay and Barbara Havers (in Elizabeth George's books) because they are such polar opposites and keep each other grounded.

My favourite wizard couple would be Harry and Hermione. Yeah, I know they didn't wind up together, but they complemented each other so well, they should have! (are you listening, Jo?)

And I know it's not considered cool to like Twilight, but Bella and Edward, man, Bella and Edward.

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How do you come up with an idea for a story? Thanks! :)

Joanne Macgregor Hi Leia, thanks for asking! I get ideas from anywhere and everywhere:

My adult psychological thriller, Dark Whispers, was sparked by a newspaper artic…moreHi Leia, thanks for asking! I get ideas from anywhere and everywhere:

My adult psychological thriller, Dark Whispers, was sparked by a newspaper article about a psychopathic doctor and I wondered what I would do if one of my clients in my psychological practice reported, in hypnosis, a traumatic experience at the hands of a doctor.

The title and idea for the Law of Tall Girls came about when I saw a short girl with a very tall boyfriend, and I joked to my own daughter that when I was made Queen of the World, I'd pass The Law of Tall Girls forbidding that. (I'm a tall girl, myself, lol.)

In 2012, I was lying wide awake in the middle of the night in a B&B in England, when a vision of a scarred girl standing in front of a class of teens, and being sneered at by a cute boy fell into my head. I knew she thought he found her ugly, but that wasn't the real reason for his attitude. That was the beginning of one of my YA contemporary romances, Scarred.

Hushed was born when I revisited my favorite childhood fairy tale - The Little Mermaid - and realized this was actually a story about how young women too often give up their "voices" and identity when they fall in love, in a self-sacrificing attempt to win approval from men. I challenged myself to retell the story in a modern, realistic (non-fantasy) story.

The Recoil Trilogy was born from a combination of sources: seeing a TV documentary on professional army snipers and being gobsmacked at how little bothered they seemed about killing people, and wondering what it would be like to be an expert markswoman who truly did not want to hurt or kill; combined with a horror at the then spreading Ebola epidemic; plus concern about political developments in the world which constrain personal freedoms under the guise of providing "security".

So, really, anything can serve as inspiration for story or character. For me, ideas are the fun and easy part - it's writing (and finishing!) the book that's the hard part!

Hope that answers your question :)

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Average rating: 3.94 · 4,325 ratings · 785 reviews · 13 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Law of Tall Girls 3.82 avg rating — 1,366 ratings — published 2017 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Scarred 3.76 avg rating — 1,100 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Recoil (Recoil Trilogy #1) 4.12 avg rating — 510 ratings — published 2016 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hushed 3.85 avg rating — 468 ratings — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Refuse (Recoil Trilogy, #2) 4.25 avg rating — 336 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rebel (Recoil Trilogy, #3) 4.29 avg rating — 326 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Recoil Trilogy 3 Book Boxed Set: Including Recoil, Refuse and Rebel 4.35 avg rating — 80 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Turtle Walk 4.43 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rock Steady 4.44 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Truly, Madly, Sweetly 4.36 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2018	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Joanne Macgregor and 1 other person liked katrina's review of The Garnet McGee Series: Boxed set of books 1-3: "addicting Definitely a great story line. Love the characters and her determination to seek justice. I love the way her story just keeps playing on to develop her character throughout the series "
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Joanne Macgregor liked Nikki Houghton's review of The First Time I Knocked (Garnet McGee #4): "Spoiler Alert…..this book is Brilliant. What can I say? Please read the four Garnet McGee books out there (so far) and you’ll agree; these stories don’t flag, and they don’t even a teeny weeny bit try your incredulity (though they should, bearing in m" Read more of this review »
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Joanne Macgregor made a comment on KJ B72’s review of The First Time I Knocked (Garnet McGee #4) " Not yet, but who knows? (Hehe, maybe Garnet or Colby could tell us!) "
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Joanne Macgregor made a comment on Nikki Houghton’s review of The First Time I Hunted (Garnet McGee #3) " lol "
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“When you forgive, it doesn’t mean you condone or approve. It means you put down the resentment and bitterness you’ve been holding onto. It means you let go of the hope that the past can be different.”
― Joanne Macgregor, Scarred

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“Luke doesn't see the scar on my face; perphaps he never did. He saw the scars on the inside. We were equally damaged, me and him.”
― Joanne Macgregor, Scarred

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“None of us was normal. But “normal,” as I’d learned in math, was just a statistical concept, an averaged smoothing out of all diverse and interesting permutations to some hypothetical midpoint so generalized it was unlikely to surprise or offend. Or to delight. Normal was nice. Normal was bland. Normal was damned boring. Our differences, our own brand of crazy, were what made each of us special and unique and fascinating.”
― Joanne Macgregor, The Law of Tall Girls

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