Biography joanne harris

British author (born 1964)

Joanne Michèle Sylvie HarrisOBE FRSL (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.

Early life

Joanne Harris was born in Barnsley, Yorkshire, to an English father and a French mother,^[1] and lived above her grandparents' corner sweet shop until the age of three.^[2][3] Harris's mother did not speak English when she married, and so Harris spoke only French until she started school.^[4] Both her parents taught French at Barnsley Girls' High School.^[5] Harris attended Wakefield Girls' High School and Barnsley Sixth Form College.^[6] She studied modern and mediaeval languages at St Catharine's College, Cambridge.^[7] She met her husband Kevin when they were both students at Barnsley Sixth Form College.^[8]

Growing up, Harris was influenced by Norse mythology,^[9] cla