Jo Harper (she/her) is a UK based playwright and screenwriter, also a theatre maker, script reader and dramaturg. Her focus is female driven stories featuring compelling protagonists 40+ and her recent accolades include Semi-Finalist for Shore Scripts TV Pilot competition and Finalist for Willamette writer’s Film Lab for her spec script ‘Tiger Mum’. Her play ‘The Beach House’ was produced at Park theatre, London ‘An exquisitely crafted production’ (Broadway World), ‘Beautifully created characters’  (The Review Hub.)

Jo grew up in Kent and started her career as a professional figure skater in Dorothy Hamill’s Ice Capades Cinderella-Frozen In Time touring US and Canada. She is also a trained actor and was part of Non-Fiction Theatre Company. She co-created and performed in verbatim plays including ‘Sex 1:Death 2’; (‘a ground-breaking piece of theatre’ – What’s On) at BAC, Soho and Edinburgh Festival. Jo has an MA in playwriting (Distinction) from Royal Holloway, University of London. She lives in London and has two grown up sons and a delightful Labrador.