Rachel Joyce has written over 20 original afternoon plays for BBC Radio 4, and major adaptations for both the Classic Series, Woman’s Hour and a TV drama adaptation for BBC 2. In 2007 she won the Tinniswood Award for best radio play. She moved to writing after a twenty-year career in theatre and television, performing leading roles for the RSC, the Royal National Theatre, The Royal Court, and Cheek by Jowl, winning a Time Out Best Actress award and the Sony Silver.
Books in order of publication:
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry (Harold Fry #1) (2012, Doubleday
Perfect (2013, Doubleday
The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy (Harold Fry # 2) (2014, Doubleday
A Snow Garden and Other Stories (2015, Doubleday
The Music Shop (2017, Doubleday
Miss Benson’s Beetle (11 June 2020, Penguin
Maureen Fry and the Angel of the North (Harold Fry #3) (20 October 2022, Doubleday)
The Homemade God – 2025
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