Mothers and Other Lovers

Joanna Briscoe (born 1963) is an English novelist and freelance journalist who grew up in rural southwest England and studied English at University College London before publishing her debut novel Mothers and Other Lovers, which won the Betty Trask Award in 1993. Academy. Her notable works include Sleep with Me (2005), adapted for ITV television, Skin (Encore Award runner-up), You, Touched, and The Seduction; she has contributed to major publications like The Guardian and broadcast on BBC Radio 4.