Joanna Cannon Explained

Joanna Cannon is a British author.

Biography

Joanna Cannon grew up in Derbyshire; her father was a plumber and her mother owned a giftshop. She left school aged 15, and returned to study for her A-Levels in her thirties. She attended Denstone College, Uttoxeter, and the University of Leicester Medical School, from which she graduated in 2010. She worked as a junior doctor, before specialising in psychiatry and then ceasing to practise.[1] She lives in the Peak District with her family and her dog.

Cannon is best known for her debut novel The Trouble with Goats and Sheep, published in 2016,[2] [3] [4] [5] which was shortlisted for the British Book Industry Awards.[6] This was followed by Three Things About Elsie (2018),[3] [7] [8] and a memoir, Breaking and Mending (September 2019). Her third novel, A Tidy Ending was released in 2022.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: GMC register.
  2. News: Healey . Emma . The Trouble with Goats and Sheep by Joanna Cannon review – a secret history of suburbia . 17 July 2019 . The Guardian . 28 January 2016 . London, England . 17 July 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190717054030/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/jan/28/the-trouble-with-goats-and-sheep-review-by-joanna-cannon . live .
  3. News: Davies . Stevie . Three Things About Elsie by Joanna Cannon review – crime, comedy and old-age confusion . 17 July 2019 . The Guardian . 4 January 2018 . London, England . 17 July 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190717054028/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/jan/03/three-things-about-elsie-by-joanna-cannon-review . live .
  4. News: Davies . Cassie . 'The Trouble with Goats and Sheep', by Joanna Cannon . 17 July 2019 . Financial Times . 30 January 2016 . 17 July 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190717055319/https://www.ft.com/content/de5f7b2e-c511-11e5-b3b1-7b2481276e45 . live .
  5. News: Hunt . Samantha . A Novel Sends Its Child Spies on the Trail of Neighborhood Secrets . 17 July 2019 . The New York Times . 12 August 2016 . 17 July 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190717055319/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/14/books/review/trouble-with-goats-and-sheep-joanna-cannon.html . live .
  6. News: Mulholland . Hélène . Author Joanna Cannon: why I'm going back to the psychiatric wards . 17 July 2019 . The Guardian . 25 April 2017 . London, England . 17 July 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190717054028/https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/apr/25/joanna-cannon-author-trouble-with-goats-and-sheep-wards-psychiatry-nhs . live .
  7. News: Saunders . Kate . Review: Three Things About Elsie by Joanna Cannon . 17 July 2019 . The Times . 6 January 2018 . London, England . 17 July 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190717055318/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/review-three-things-about-elsie-by-joanna-cannon-mjqsvdbzk . live .
  8. News: Walton . James . Old age, memory and a mystery from the past . 17 July 2019 . The Independent . 28 January 2018 . Ireland.

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