Joanne O'Connell is a freelance journalist and author of Checkout (soon to be published by Guardian Shorts), which looks at how the way we buy food impacts on our diet, our health and our planet.

Joanne O'Connell has written for the Guardian;the Observer,the Independent;the Times; the Daily Express; the Sunday Express; Top Sante¿; Essentials; Natural Health and on websites, such as: Orange.co.uk; Sky.com; Moneysupermarket.com. She has been a guest on debate panels at sustainable food events and occasionally appears on radio and television.

She lives in England.