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[[File:Joanna Briscoe.jpg|thumb|Joanna Briscoe]]'''Joanna Briscoe''' (born 1963) is a novelist.

She was born in London and brought up in rural areas of the [[South West]]. She wrote several novels as a child, and was convinced she would be a novelist.<ref name="Radio 4 JB">http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/thehouseigrewupin/pip/cbuab/ "The House I Grew up In featuring Joanna Briscoe" ''The House I Grew Up In'' series, BBC Radio 4, 27 August 2008</ref>

She attended [[University College London]] and worked for several years as a freelance journalist. She has published four novels:

*''Mothers and Other Lovers'' (1994)
*''Skin'' (1997)
*''Sleep With Me'' (2005)
*''You'' (2011)

She writes a guest column, "At The Sharp End", for ''the Independent'', and is on contract with ''the Guardian'' as a literary critic for the Review section. She also broadcasts on Radio 4, most frequently on ''Woman’s Hour''.<ref>http://www.joannabriscoe.com/bio.html</ref>

She lives in North London with her partner [[Charlotte Mendelson]] and their two children.<ref>http://books.guardian.co.uk/departments/generalfiction/story/0,,2074414,00.html Guardian interview with Charlotte Mendelson ''The Guardian'' 8 May 2007</ref> They were listed under "glamour couples" in the [[Pink List 2008]].

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