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Joanna Briscoe

ジョアンナ・ブリスコー

Joanna Briscoe

プロフィール

性別
女性
生誕
1963-01-01 (South-west of England)
国籍
British, English
言語
English
居住地歴
South-west England (Somerset, Totnes, Devon) → North London

経歴

職業
Novelist, Writer, Freelance journalist
活動期間
1993年〜2024年
所属
Bloomsbury
影響を受けた人物
Shere Hite

学歴

University College London
English
国: United Kingdom
Attended
King Edward VI Community College
期間: 13歳から
国: United Kingdom
After homeschooling
Homeschooling
期間: 10歳から13歳
国: United Kingdom
By unqualified teacher at nearby farm

受賞歴

Betty Trask Award
1993
対象作品: Mothers and Other Lovers
主催: Society of Authors
結果: 受賞
Encore Award
1998
対象作品: Skin
結果: 最終候補

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Mothers and Other Lovers

1994年 Novel

A teenage girl tries to escape from a stultifying rural life, only to fall in love with her mother's new female friend.

Rural lifeLesbian love

Skin

1997年 Novel

Explores the plastic surgery and psychological toll taken on women by the beauty industry.

Beauty industryWomen's bodies

Sleep with Me

2005年 Psychological thriller

A beautifully written and emotionally candid novel which also happens to be a page-turner.

PsychologyRomance
映像化・舞台化
  • [Television] Sleep with Me / Andrew Davies (2005)

You

2011年 Novel

Touched

2014年 Novel

The Seduction

2021年 Novel

全著作

  • Mothers and Other Lovers (1994), Skin (1997), Sleep With Me (2005), You (2011), Touched (2014), The Seduction (2021)

翻案

  • Sleep with Me (ITV Drama, 2005)

作風・主題

文体
Emotionally candidPage-turner
頻出モチーフ
Female relationshipsPsychological depth

評価・遺産

Known as a British novelist, winner of Betty Trask Award, categorized as English lesbian writer.

豆知識

  • Homeschooled from age 10 to 13 with outdoor lessons on Dartmoor.
  • Close friendship with Shere Hite, who lived with her from 1991-1997.
  • Spent childhood in isolated Devon long house on Dartmoor.