Joanne Harris's Whitbread-shortlisted Chocolat was made into an Oscar-nominated film starring Juliette Binoche and Johnny Depp. She is the author of many other bestselling novels. Her hobbies are listed in Who's Who as 'mooching, lounging, strutting, strumming, priest-baiting and quiet subversion'. She plays bass guitar in a band first formed when she was 16, is currently studying Old Norse, and lives with her husband and daughter in Yorkshire, about 15 miles from the place she was born. For more information on Joanne Harris and her books, see her website at www.joanne-harris.co.uk
A delicious urban fairytale, where killer shoes and Aztec myths battle it out with true love and the seductive power of chocolate * DAILY MAIL * This is Harris's best novel to date * FINANCIAL TIMES MAGAZINE * Harris is as good at portraying the agonies of motherhood as she is at evoking the scent of bitter chocolate laced with cinnamon and chilli * THE SUNDAY TIMES * If Joanne Harris didn't exist, someone would have to invent her * SUNDAY EXPRESS * Chocolat was a hard act to follow but Harris has managed it in style * DAILY EXPRESS *