Joanna Cannon
Joanna Cannon is a British author.
Biography[]
Joanna Cannon grew up in Derbyshire; her father was a plumber and her mother owned a giftshop.[1] She left school aged 15, and returned to study for her A-Levels in her thirties.[1] She attended Denstone College, Uttoxeter, and the University of Leicester Medical School, from which she graduated in 2010.[1] She worked as a junior doctor, before specialising in psychiatry.[1] She lives in the Peak District with her family and her dog.
Cannon is best known for her debut novel , published in 2016,[2][3][4][5] which was shortlisted for the British Book Industry Awards.[1] This was followed by Three Things About Elsie (2018),[3][6][7] and a memoir, Breaking and Mending (September 2019).
References[]
- ^ a b c d e Mulholland, Hélène (25 April 2017). "Author Joanna Cannon: why I'm going back to the psychiatric wards". The Guardian. London, England. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
- ^ Healey, Emma (28 January 2016). "The Trouble with Goats and Sheep by Joanna Cannon review – a secret history of suburbia". The Guardian. London, England. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
- ^ a b Davies, Stevie (4 January 2018). "Three Things About Elsie by Joanna Cannon review – crime, comedy and old-age confusion". The Guardian. London, England. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
- ^ Davies, Cassie (30 January 2016). "'The Trouble with Goats and Sheep', by Joanna Cannon". Financial Times. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
- ^ Hunt, Samantha (12 August 2016). "A Novel Sends Its Child Spies on the Trail of Neighborhood Secrets". The New York Times. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
- ^ Saunders, Kate (6 January 2018). "Review: Three Things About Elsie by Joanna Cannon". The Times. London, England. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
- ^ Walton, James (28 January 2018). "Old age, memory and a mystery from the past". The Independent. Ireland. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
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