Joanne van Os (born 1955) is an Australian author of memoir, children's, and adult fiction.
[2][3] At age 22, she met her future husband Rod Ansell, widely regarded as the inspiration for the character Crocodile Dundee, with whom she had two sons and subsequently divorced.
[7] Her daughter died in a boating accident in 2009 aged 16,[8] and her parents decided to donate her organs.
[9] Through her sister Leonie,[10] van Os is aunt to actors Luke, Chris, and Liam Hemsworth.
[11] Van Os worked as a lab researcher, a radio operator, a teacher and an electorate officer.