Joanne Harris
About the author

Joanne Harris

Joanne Harris (MBE) was born in Barnsley in 1964, of a French mother and an English father. She studied Modern and Mediaeval Languages at Cambridge and was a teacher for fifteen years, during which time she published three novels, including Chocolat (1999), which was made into an Oscar-nominated film starring Juliette Binoche.Since then, she has written 15 more novels, two novellas, two collections of short stories, a Dr Who novella, guest episodes for the game Zombies, Run, the libretti for two short operas, several screenplays, a musical and three cookbooks. Her books are now published in over 50 countries and have won a number of British and international awards.Joanne is an honorary Fellow of St Catharine’s College, Cambridge, has honorary doctorates in literature from the universities of Sheffield and Huddersfield, and has been a judge for the Whitbread Prize, the Orange Prize, the Desmond Elliott Prize and the Royal Society Winton Prize for Science, as well as for the Fragrance Foundation awards for perfume and perfume journalism (for which she also received an award in 2017).

Books by Joanne Harris

Joanne Harris Articles

A Return to Lansquenet-sous-Tannes: Q&A with Joanne Harris, Author of The Strawberry Thief

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23 April 2019

A Return to Lansquenet-sous-Tannes: Q&A with Joanne Harris, Author of The Strawberry Thief

    Evocative, Immersive and Gorgeously Written: Read an Extract from The Strawberry Thief by Joanne Harris

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    17 April 2019

    Evocative, Immersive and Gorgeously Written: Read an Extract from The Strawberry Thief by Joanne Harris

      Compelling, Captivating, Moving: Review of The Strawberry Thief by Joanne Harris

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      16 April 2019

      Compelling, Captivating, Moving: Review of The Strawberry Thief by Joanne Harris