Joanne Bertin was born in 1953[1] in the borough of Manhattan in New York City, USA. She writes science fiction/fantasy novels in addition to being employed. Her short stories and books center on a world of "truehumans," "truedragons," and "dragonlords," the last of which are beings which can change from human to dragon.
Her first publication was in 1995 when her short story Dragonlord's Justice was submitted for an anthology of dragon stories and accepted. Her first novel, The Last Dragonlord was published in 1998. The sequel, Dragon and Phoenix, was published the following year.
As of March 2009, TOR Publishing has confirmed Joanne Bertin is still working on the third novel 'Bard's Oath'. As quoted from the email; "I spoke to her editor about this, and I have good news! Although it's been a while, she's writing again. He just received a draft of her third Dragonlords novel, 'Bard's Oath'. He says he's vaguely expecting to publish it in late 2010 or early 2011, depending on how long it takes her to finish.
As of 2011[update] Bertin lived in Connecticut with her husband Sam and son Matthew, born in March 2004.
Update from Tor books (06-22-2011 04:22 PM); Jim Frenkel, Joanne Bertin's editor was quoted to have said "Joanne Bertin has turned in her finished manuscript for Bard's Oath, and he's in the middle of editing it."[2]