Josette Desclercs Abondio was born in 1949[1] in the Ivory Coast and her first language is French.

Abondio worked as a secondary school teacher[2] and trainer in technical expression.

In 1993, she wrote Kouassi Koko...ma mère, which is a novel about a concubine following the death of her patron.

[citation needed] Her next major work in 1999 was an illustrated book for children titled Le rêve de Kimi.

[3] Abondio was the third president of the Writers Association of the Ivory Coast (AECI) from 1998 to 2000.