Vianne

So wise, so atmospheric, so beautifully written * Marian Keyes *I sobbed at the end because I couldn’t bear to leave…One of the world’s finest storytellers * Joanna Cannon *Haunting, obsessive and just a little nutty, like a freshly-made praline * Elisabeth Luard *Mouthwatering…your senses are left reeling * Observer *Sheer pleasure from start to finish * James Runcie *Sensuous and thought-provoking * Daily Telegraph *I devoured it in one go * Christopher Fowler *A place of magic and mysteries * Monica Ali *A novel that shimmers with brilliance and truth * Kate Williams *Is this the best book ever written? Truly excellent * Literary Review *

Joanne Harris (OBE, FRSL) is the author of twenty novels, three cookbooks and many short stories. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, an honorary Fellow of St Catharine’s College, Cambridge, was Chair of the Society of Authors between 2020 and 2024, and in 2022 was awarded an OBE. She was born in Barnsley in Yorkshire and grew up above her grandparents’ sweet shop.