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Author Bio
• Age—40s
• Raised—Derbyshire, England, UK
• Education—Denstone College, Uttoxeter; M.D., University of Leicester Medical School
• Currently—lives in Ashbourne, Derbershire, England
Joanna Cannon is a psychiatrist and a novelist. She grew up in Derbyshire, England, as the only child of a plumber and a giftshop owner. Although she left school at 15 with one O-level, she returned in her 30s to take her A-levels. She was spurred by her resolve to become a doctor and qualified in her early 40s..
Today, Cannon lives in England’s Peak District with her family and her dog. She is the author of Three Things About Elsie (2018) and The Trouble with Goats and Sheep (2015). (From the publisher.)
Read this Guardian article about the author.