Lhamo: Opera from the Roof of the World

Joanna Ross

Joanna Ross grew up in Winchester, Hampshire prior to many years of globetrotting. She was working as a freelance journalist for the BBC in Cape Town when her husband died suddenly of a stroke, leaving her with three children under four and half years old. It was this experience, and that of other widows she has met subsequently, that inspired 'Moving On'. Writing has been a passion since Joanna was able to hold a pen. She spent many years at the BBC as a journalist, specialising in East Asian and then world news for the BBC World Service, before moving to BBC News Online where she was an editor of interactive media. Joanna wrote "Lhamo: Opera from the roof of the world", whilst teaching English to Tibetan refugees in India.