Author Biography- Joanna Trollope
Novelist Joanna Trollope was born on 9 December 1943, and was edu
cated at Reigate County School for Girls and St. Hugh's College, Oxford. She worked for the Foreign Office (1965-7) and held various teaching posts (1967-79), before becoming a full-time writer. She is the author of eleven bestselling contemporary novels, including Girl from the South (2002), the story of an American Southerner who takes a job in London to escape the family and social pressures of her home in South Carolina. Brother & Sister (2004), is a story which explores the themes of adoption, loyalty and the nature of identity.
Joanna Trollope is also the author of several historical novels (published under the name of Caroline Harvey) and of a study of women in the British Empire entitled Britannia's Daughters (1983). Her books have been translated into over twenty-five languages.
The Choir (1988), A Village Affair (1989), The Rector's Wife (1991) and Other People's Children (1998) have all been made into series for television.
Joanna Trollope is a member of the same family as Anthony Trollope, author of The Barchester Chronicles. She was awarded an OBE in 1996 and lives partly in London and partly in Gloucestershire, for which county she was made a Deputy Lieutenant in 2002. Her latest novels are Second Honeymoon (2006) and Friday Nights (2008). Buy Joanna Trollope's books from Blackwells
Joanna Trollope Friday Nights book
Bibliography
Eliza Stanhope Hutchinson, 1978
Parson Harding's Daughter Hutchinson, 1979
Leaves from the Valley Hutchinson, 1980
Legacy of Love: Charlotte, Alexandra, Cara (as Caroline Harvey) Octopus, 1980
The City of Gems Hutchinson, 1981
Britannia's Daughters: A Study of Women in the British Empire Hutchinson, 1983
The Steps of the Sun Hutchinson, 1983
The Taverners' Place Hutchinson, 1986
The Choir Hutchinson, 1988
A Village Affair Bloomsbury, 1989
A Passionate Man Bloomsbury, 1990
The Rector's Wife Bloomsbury, 1991
The Men and the Girls Bloomsbury, 1992
A Castle in Italy Doubleday, 1993
A Second Legacy (as Caroline Harvey) Doubleday, 1993
A Spanish Lover Bloomsbury, 1993
The Country Habit: An Anthology (editor) Bantam, 1993
The Best of Friends Bloomsbury, 1995
Faith (A Bloomsbury Quid) Bloomsbury, 1996
Next of Kin Bloomsbury, 1996
The Brass Dolphin (as Caroline Harvey) Doubleday, 1997
Other People's Children Bloomsbury, 1998
Marrying the Mistress Bloomsbury, 2000
Girl from the South Bloomsbury, 2002
Brother & Sister Bloomsbury, 2004
Second Honeymoon Bloomsbury, 2006
The Book Boy (novella) Bloomsbury, 2006
Friday Nights Bloomsbury, 2008
