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Jojo Moyes


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Jojo Moyes is a British novelist.

Moyes studied at Royal Holloway, University of London. She won a bursary financed by The Independent newspaper to study journalism at City University and subsequently worked for The Independent for 10 years. In 2001 she became a full time novelist.

Moyes' novel Foreign Fruit won the Romantic Novelists' Association (RNA) Romantic Novel of the Year in 2004.

The film adaptation of Me Before You starring Sam Claflin (The Hunger Games) and Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones) was released in June 2016 and was a huge box-office success. The screenplay was written by Jojo.

She is married to journalist Charles Arthur and has three children.
 

Genres: Romance, General Fiction, Historical
 
Series
Me Before You
   1. Me Before You (2011)
   2. After You (2015)
   3. Still Me (2018)
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Novels
   Sheltering Rain (2002)
   Foreign Fruit (2003)
     aka Windfallen
   The Peacock Emporium (2004)
   The Ship of Brides (2005)
   Silver Bay (2006)
   Night Music (2008)
   The Horse Dancer (2009)
   The Last Letter from Your Lover (2010)
   The Girl You Left Behind (2012)
   One Plus One (2019)
   The Giver of Stars (2019)
   Someone Else's Shoes (2023)
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Collections
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Novellas and Short Stories
   Honeymoon in Paris (2015)
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Series contributed to
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Jojo Moyes recommends
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You Are Here (2024)
David Nicholls
"Any love story by David Nicholls is a treat, but this one is especially tender, wise and joyful. I inhaled it."
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The Burnout (2023)
Sophie Kinsella
"I devoured The Burnout in one greedy gulp. It's funny, sad, relatable, and brilliantly done. Sophie Kinsella is the queen of romantic comedy."
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None of this is True (2023)
Lisa Jewell
"Gloriously dark and twistier than a twisty thing."

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Anthologies containing stories by Jojo Moyes
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Dear NHS (2020)
100 Stories to Say Thank You
edited by
Adam Kay

Awards
Romantic Novel of the Year Award Best Novel winner (2004) : Foreign Fruit
Romantic Novel of the Year Award Best Novel nominee (2008) : Silver Bay
Romantic Novel of the Year Award Best Novel winner (2011) : The Last Letter from Your Lover


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