Joyce's early enchantment with the wonder of words blossomed into a lifetime's passion for writing. She was once described as having "a pen where her mouth should be." Her native Yorkshire's history, wildlife, and her ancestors' secrets are sources of inspiration in her fiction.

Joyce's debut novel "Goatsucker Harvest" is unique historical fiction with a dollop of Yorkshire whimsy, a frisson of mystery, a peek into hidden places, a setting of sails, a whiff of menace, a heartskip of romance, a turning of pages in the dead of the night. Joyce is working on a Thirza and Bram sequel, "Cloudhover Solstice" set along the Yorkshire coast in 1856.
Joyce's blog: "Pinwheels and Rainbows: Sense and Serendipity" http://jobiskaspinwheel.blogspot.co.uk/