What is Jo Walton?
{{Infobox writer <!-- for more information see [[:Template:Infobox writer/doc]] --> | name = Jo Walton | image = Jo Walton.jpg | imagesize = | caption = Author Jo Walton at a book signing event | pseudonym = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1964|12|1}} | birth_place = [[Aberdare]], Wales, UK<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/oct/02/jo-walton-among-others-interview Jo Walton's Among Others: 'It's a mythologisation of part of my life'] at [[the Guardian]]; by [[David Barnett (writer)|David Barnett]]; published October 2, 2012; retrieved November 4, 2013</ref> | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Writer | nationality = [[Welsh people|Welsh]] and [[Canadians|Canadian]] | period = | genre = [[Fantasy]]/[[Science fiction]] | subject = | movement = | spouse =Emmet A. O'Brien | partner = | children = 1 | relatives = | influences = | influenced = | signature = }} '''Jo Walton''' (born December 1, 1964) is a [[Welsh people|Welsh]]-Canadian [[fantasy]] and [[science fiction]] writer and poet. She has won many awards. == Background == Walton was born in [[Aberdare]], in the [[Cynon Valley]] of [[Wales]]. She went to Park School in Aberdare, then Aberdare Girls' Grammar School. She lived for a year in Cardiff and went to [[Howell's School Llandaff]]. She finished her education at [[Oswestry School]] in [[Shropshire]], and at the [[University of Lancaster]]. She lived in London for two years. Then she lived in Lancaster until 1997. She moved to [[Swansea]], where she lived until moving to Canada in 2002.<ref>{{cite news | first = Robin | last = Turner | title = Jo's scientific approach to writing | url = http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/wales-news/2007/12/26/jo-s-scientific-approach-to-writing-91466-20286225/ | work = Western Mail | location = Wales | date = 2007-12-26 | access-date = 2007-12-29}}</ref> Walton speaks [[Welsh language|Welsh]].<ref>{{cite news | first = Jo | last = Walton | title = LiveJournal comment on knowledge of Welsh | url = http://truepenny.livejournal.com/55561.html?thread=2547