Different Class
Joanne Harris''s Whitbread-shortlisted Chocolat was made into an Oscar-nominated film starring Juliette Binoche and Johnny Depp. She is the author of many other bestselling novels including Lollipop Shoes Peaches for Monsieur le Cure and The Strawberry Thief all also featuring Vianne Rocher. She has also written acclaimed novels in such diverse genres as fantasy based on Norse myth (Runemarks Runelight The Gospel of Loki) and the Malbry cycle of dark psychological thrillers (Gentlemen & Players Blueeyedboy and Different Class). Born in Barnsley of an English father and a French mother she spent fifteen years as a teacher before (somewhat reluctantly) becoming a full-time writer. In 2013 she was awarded an MBE. She lives in Yorkshire plays bass and flute in a band first formed when she was sixteen and works in a shed in her garden.