I spotted Joan Rosier-Jones in the auditorium at Repertory Theatre watching a rehearsal of her latest play Flat Out and she agreed to spend a few minutes chatting with me.
I was curious about her history and how she came to writing.
"I went to Teachers' College in Christchurch but did my PA year in Wellington," Joan says.
From there Joan taught in various schools in the North Island and finished teaching when she was in Auckland.
"I'd always been writing since I was a kid. When I won a couple of short story writing competitions I became more confident. My first play When the Stars Go Down was shortlisted in a one-act playwriting competition and was produced in New York by the alumni of the American Academy of Music and Dramatic Art."
