She is the author of 10 books including Secret Mothers' Business; When Hungry, Eat; and Your Story: How to Write It so Others Will Want to Read It.
[4][5] Jennifer Crocker wrote that "The Dreamcloth marks a watershed moment in South African fiction.
[8] It has also been published in South Africa[3][9] and the United Kingdom,[10][11] with rights sold in Germany, Czechoslovakia, and Croatia.
She is also the author of Things Without A Name, a contemporary love story set in the world of rape and domestic violence, published by Allen & Unwin (2008);[8] When Hungry, Eat (2010), Allen & Unwin; It Doesn't Have to Be So Hard: the Secrets to Finding and Keeping Intimacy, co-authored with Graeme Friedman, (2012) Random House; The Reunion, published by Allen & Unwin (2012); and Love in the Time of Contempt: Consolation for Parents of Teenagers, Hardie Grant Books (2015).
Joanne was also one of the founding directors of Moonstone Media,[17] which produces and publishes branded books designed to enhance organisations and businesses profiles in their markets.