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Joanna Cannon


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Joanna Cannon was born in a small Derbyshire town, at the very edge of the Peak District National Park. As an only child of an only child, a great number of her friends lived within the pages of a book, and she soon discovered what would become a life-long fascination with words, stories and character.

Jo left school at fifteen with one O-level and worked her way through many different jobs: barmaid, kennel maid, pizza delivery expert, and although these experiences may not have felt useful at the time, they gave her a breadth of understanding about people which would later become invaluable.
 

Genres: Literary Fiction, Mystery, General Fiction
 
Novels
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Novellas and Short Stories
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Anthologies edited
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Non fiction show
 
Joanna Cannon recommends
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The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers (2024)
Samuel Burr
"Utterly beautiful, such a wonderful story told with kindness, elegance and understanding."
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All Of Us Are Broken (2023)
(DS Saul Anguish, book 2)
Fiona Cummins
"Fiona Cummins writes a belter of a thriller. Such a powerful story and a gut punching final chapter."
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The Forgetting (2023)
Hannah Beckerman
"This book is amazing! It's deliciously sinister, deeply twisty, and HUGELY addictive. I love the disquietness of it so much, and Hannah writes into the dark corners of the characters' minds so beautifully."

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Anthologies containing stories by Joanna Cannon
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I Am Heathcliff (2018)
Stories Inspired by Wuthering Heights
edited by
Kate Mosse

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