Joanne Harris
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Joanne Harris studied modern and medieval languages at St. Catharine’s College, Cambridge, and was a teacher for fifteen years before turning to writing full-time. Her books, which include Chocolat, Five Quarters of the Orange, and Gentlemen and Players, have been published in more than forty countries and have won a number of British and international awards. Harris lives in England with her husband and daughter.