Joanna Briscoe (born 1963) is an English writer who has written six novels and several short stories and has worked as a freelance journalist.
[1] At the age of 10, she moved with her family from Somerset to Jordan Manor, an isolated, six-bedroom thatched Devon long house set within 10 acres (40,000 m2) of land in a Dartmoor valley.
[1] Briscoe's parents took her out of primary school at the age of ten and arranged for her to be home-schooled by an unqualified teacher at a nearby farm.
[2] Her short stories have featured in several anthologies, and she has contributed widely to publications that include The Guardian, The Independent, The Observer, and The Sunday Times and broadcasting on BBC Radio 4.
Sleep With Me was adapted for ITV Drama by Andrew Davies and starred Adrian Lester, Jodhi May, and Anamaria Marinca.