Joanna Briscoe
Joanna Briscoe (born 1963) is an English writer who has written six novels and several short stories and has worked as a freelance journalist. Her first novel, Mothers and Other Lovers, won a
Early life
Briscoe spent much of her childhood in the south-west of England.
Briscoe's parents took her out of primary school at the age of ten and arranged for her to be home-schooled by an unqualified teacher at a nearby farm. Many of the lessons were out-of-doors on Dartmoor. At the age of 13 years she returned to mainstream schooling at King Edward VI Community College, the local secondary school in Totnes, where she specialized in English in the sixth form.[1]
Career
Briscoe attended University College London before working for several years as a freelance journalist.
In 1989 she interviewed Shere Hite; they became friends, and Hite lived largely between France and Briscoe's small flat from 1991 to 1997.[2]
Her short stories have featured in several anthologies, and she has contributed widely to publications that include
Personal life
Briscoe lives in North London. She has two children.
In January 2024 Briscoe wrote about her relationship with late American feminist icon Shere Hite in the 1990s.[3]
Novels
- Mothers and Other Lovers (1994)
- Skin (1997)
- Sleep With Me (2005)
- You (2011)
- Touched (2014)
- The Seduction (2021)
Awards and nominations
- Betty Trask Award(1995)
- Encore Award (shortlisted) (1998)
References
- ^ a b c d "The House I Grew up In featuring Joanna Briscoe". The House I Grew Up In. 27 August 2008. BBC. BBC Radio 4.
- ^ Briscoe, Joanna (24 January 2024). "My life with Shere Hite: the forgotten feminist who changed sex for ever". The Guardian.
- ^ My life with Shere Hite: the forgotten feminist who changed sex for ever, The Guardian, 24 January 2024
External links
- Joanna Briscoe at Bloomsbury Archived 5 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- Official website