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About Joanne Harris

Joanne Michèle Sylvie Harris (born 3 July 1964) is a British author, best known for her 1999 novel Chocolat, which was adapted into a film of the same name. Born in Barnsley, Yorkshire, of a French mother and a British father, she was a teacher of French for 15 years and had published three novels during this period before the surprise success of Chocolat enabled her to write full time. Since then she has written over 30 books in a number of genres, including fantasy, psychological thriller, novellas, short stories and non-fiction. Harris' books often feature themes of women's empowerment, folklore, motherhood, community, outsiders and outcasts, and food.

Harris was Chair of the Society of Authors for two terms, and was also elected twice to the board of the Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society. She is a regular guest on British media, writes regularly for the press and has judged a variety of literary prizes, including the Orange Prize and the Whitbread Prize.

Harris' work has received multiple awards, including two Whitaker Gold Awards and one Whitaker Platinum Award, and is published in over 50 countries.

Joanne Harris writes about Fiction, France, fiction, France, Mothers and daughters, fiction, Mothers and daughters, and Fiction, psychological. Their best-known work is Chocolat: a novel.

On FindMyTBR we track 26 books by Joanne Harris, 24 of them confirmed as audiobooks on Spotify or Apple Books — including A Narrow Door, A Pocketful of Crows, and Broken Light. Full availability across Spotify, Apple Books, Audible, and Amazon is below.