Jo Bannister began her career as a journalist after leaving school at sixteen to work on a weekly newspaper. She was shortlisted for several prestigious awards and worked as an editor for some years before leaving to pursue her writing full-time. She lives in Northern Ireland.
JO BANNISTER started her career as a journalist after leaving school at sixteen to work on a local weekly newspaper. She was shortlisted for several prestigious awards and worked as an editor for some years before leaving to pursue her writing full time. CLOSER STILL is the eighth in her Brodie Farrell mystery series, which began in 2001 with ECHOES OF LIES.