Jocelyn Page was born in Maryland, and was raised in Lebanon, Connecticut, USA. After living and working in Kyoto, Japan for a year, she gained her undergraduate degree in Japanese and Linguistics from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. She then travelled and worked in the field of international education in Washington, DC, Bologna, Italy and London. 

After having children, she began writing, obtaining a Masters and PhD in Creative Writing from Goldsmiths College, University of London. In this time, she has published in The Spectator, Poetry Review, Poetry Ireland Review, Poetry Salzburg Review, Ambit, The Rialto, The Moth, The South Carolina Review and other publications in the UK and USA.