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Author Description Jo Clayton, whose parents named her after Jo in <u>Little Women</u>, was born and raised in Modesto, California. She and her three sisters shared a room and took turns telling each other bedtime stories. One of her sisters noted that Jo's stories were the best, and often contained science fiction and fantasy elements.<br /><br />Clayton graduated from the University of California in 1963, Summa Cum Laude, and started teaching near Los Angeles.<br /><br />In 1969, after a religious experience, she moved to New Orleans, Louisiana, joining the teaching order Sisters of Mount Carmel as a novice. She left three years later, before taking final orders.<br /><br />During her time in New Orleans, Clayton sold sketches and paintings in Pioneer Square to supplement her income. <br /><br />After being robbed several times, Clayton moved to Portland, Oregon in 1983. She remained there for the rest of her life.<br /><br />Clayton was diagnosed with multiple myeloma in 1996. Jo continued to write during her year and a half in the hospital. She finished <i>Drum Calls</i>, the second book of the Drums of Chaos series, and was halfway through the third and final book when she lost her struggle with multiple myeloma in February, 1998.<br /><br />Literary executor Katherine Kerr made arrangements with established author Kevin Andrew Murphy to finish the third book of the <u>Drums of Chaos</u> series. It is now completed.

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