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Born '''Joanne Michèle Sylvie Harris''' in [[Yorkshire]], [[England]] of a [[France|French]] mother and an English father, her family life was been filled with food and folklore, an environment that would play a key role as an adult in the development of her novels.
She was educated at [[Wakefield]] Girls' High, [[Barnsley]] Sixth Form College and read Modern and Medieval Languages at [[St Catharine's College, Cambridge]]. After graduating, she began a career as an accountant but switched to teaching, eventually teaching [[French language|French]] at Leeds Grammar School and later a French literature course at [[Sheffield University]].
Her first novel, ''The Evil Seed'', was published in [[1989]], but it and a second novel published in [[1993]] met with only marginal success.
In [[1999]], her whimsical though slightly dark and mystical story titled ''[[Chocolat]]'', based on food and an exotic locale in the [[Loire Valley]] of [[France]], reached No. 1 in the ''[[The Times|London Sunday Times]]'' newspaper's bestseller list. The book was shortlisted for the 1999 [[Whitbread Novel of the Year Award]] and the movie rights sold to [[Miramax|Miramax Pictures]]. The success of the motion picture, starring [[Juliette Binoche]], brought Ms. Harris wide recognition in [[North America]].
==Bibliography==
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