Joanne Kukanza Easley's debut novel, SWEET JANE was named the 2020 Adult Fiction Winner at the Texas Author Project. Sweet Jane was also a finalist in the Sarton Awards and Eric Hoffer Awards.

Her second novel JUST ONE LOOK was a May 2022 Pulpwood Queen Book Club Pick.

I'LL BE SEEING YOU, based on a character in SWEET JANE, was released in September 2022.

HIGHER LOVE is a sequel to I'LL BE SEEING YOU

Born in Chicago, Illinois, Joanne has adopted Texas as her home. She lives in the Texas Hill Country with her husband and three rescue terriers. Retired from a career in nursing—with dual specialties in the cold, clinical operating room, and the intense, emotional world of psychiatric nursing, she devotes her time to writing fiction.