Joanna Cannon is a British author.
Joanna Cannon is a British author.
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 and then ceasing to practise. [1] [2] She lives in the Peak District with her family and her dog.
Cannon is best known for her debut novel The Trouble with Goats and Sheep , published in 2016, [3] [4] [5] [6] which was shortlisted for the British Book Industry Awards. [1] This was followed by Three Things About Elsie (2018), [4] [7] [8] and a memoir, Breaking and Mending (September 2019). Her third novel, A Tidy Ending was released in 2022.
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