Jo Carson

Josephine Catron Carson
Born(1946-10-09)October 9, 1946
Johnson City, Tennessee, US
DiedSeptember 20, 2011(2011-09-20) (aged 64)
Johnson City, Tennessee, US
OccupationWriter, Storyteller
LanguageEnglish
Notable awardsKesselring Prize

Josephine Catron Carson (October 9, 1946 – September 19, 2011) was an American playwright, poet, fiction writer, and actor, as well as the author of three children's books. Her best-known play is Daytrips (1991), and her poetry is collected in Stories I Ain't Told Nobody Yet (1989). Her story collection The Last of the "Waltz Across Texas" was published in 1993.