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Joanne Harris Discusses Chocolat's Prequel, Vianne

Joanne Harris Season 6 Episode 34

Author of Chocolat, the best-selling novel that became the acclaimed movie starring Juliette Binoche, Dame Judi Dench, and Johnny Depp, Joanne Harris weighs in on her latest novel, Vianne and what it's taken to maintain her successful writing career. 

Joanne Harris is the internationally renowned and award-winning author of more than twenty novels, plus novellas, cookbooks, scripts, short stories, libretti, lyrics, articles, and a self-help book for writers. Her books are published in fifty countries. She holds honorary doctorates from the Universities of Sheffield and Huddersfield, is an honorary Fellow of St. Catharine's College, Cambridge, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. Joanne was born in South Yorkshire, England, of a French mother and an English father, and lives with her husband in Yorkshire. She is the author of the acclaimed novel, Chocolat, which became a movie starring Juliette Binoche and Johnny Depp. Today, we’ll discuss the prequel, Vianne. 

“Is chocolate magic? Whether you savored the 1999 bestseller or the 2000 movie, this sensuous prequel to Chocolat will make you a believer.” —People Magazine, Best New Books

Special thanks to NetGalley for an early preview copy. 

Learn more at www.joanne-harris.co.uk 

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