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Jo-Ann Costa

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Novelist Jo-Ann Costa, formerly an executive for a Fortune 500 company founded by the late Howard Hughes, a member of several state and national Boards of Directors, a Deputy to the California Business Roundtable, and President of the Board of Philanthropy for her firm, left the corporate world in 2002. Along with the wildlife, Ms. Costa now makes her home at the edge of Colorado’s Weminuche wilderness, where she writes historical fiction and mysteries.
A Southerner by birth, Ms. Costa’s historical fiction and short stories are woven from the fabric of her people and the landscape of her youth, while her mystery stories arise from experiences living and working in Southern California. She is a graduate of California State University, the U
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Average rating: 4.0 · 27 ratings · 17 reviews · 2 distinct works
The Bequest of Big Daddy

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“The barking hounds ran in and out of the creek, making slapping waves, turning the Georgia earth to mud under the longleaf pines. With the dogs at play, they were, for a lovely short time, naive boys on a glorious summer's day, lost in clamorous youth.”
Jo-Ann Costa, The Bequest of Big Daddy

“The barking hounds ran in and out of the creek, making slapping waves, turning the Georgia earth to mud under the longleaf pines. With the dogs at play, they were, for a lovely short time, naive boys on a glorious summer's day, lost in clamorous youth.”
Jo-Ann Costa, The Bequest of Big Daddy

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