Biography
Jo Retals authors the My Yesteryear series, an eight-novel auto-fiction chronicle exploring the life course of a neurodivergent man.
A social services worker on three continents, Jo completed his graduate degree in Social Sciences while stationed in central Kenya.
He lives with his wife in the Midwestern United States.
Interests
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Neurodivergent (and left-handed), Jo grew up feeling like a foreigner in his own culture.
While conducting Masters degree research in rural Kenya, Jo discovered the academic field of Cultural Evolution.
On his return to the United States, Jo immersed himself in this new field. He is a member of the Cultural Evolution Society.
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Jo is a member of the National Space Society. While he enjoys science fiction, sans aliens, he sees the expansion of the human economy into cis-lunar space as the defining documentary narrative of our era.