Joyce Bortnick writes her first novel, inspired by her own mother’s journey into old age. Joyce grew up in Baltimore, Maryland, and graduated from the University of Maryland. After...view moreJoyce Bortnick writes her first novel, inspired by her own mother’s journey into old age. Joyce grew up in Baltimore, Maryland, and graduated from the University of Maryland. After college, she moved an hour away, to the suburbs of Washington D.C. She is married, with two children and four grandchildren and divides her time between Florida and Maryland.
Using words and arranging them to convey something meaningful has always been important to her. Writing songs, poems, plays, and stories in high school, college and throughout her marriage, fueled her dreams of one day writing a significant story. She is already planning more stories to write.view less