Rachel Joyce (writer) explained

Rachel Joyce (born 1962) is a British writer. She has written plays for BBC Radio 4, and jointly won the 2007 Tinniswood Award for her radio play To Be a Pilgrim.^{[1] [2]} Her debut novel, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, was on the longlist for the 2012 Man Booker Prize,^[3] and in December 2012 she was awarded the "New Writer of the Year" award by the National Book Awards for this book.^[4]

She had an earlier career as an actress,^[5] and has said that between her first writing ambitions aged 14 and the writing of her first novel she was "a young woman, a mother, an actress, a writer of radio drama - not to mention a terrible waitress in a wine bar, a door-to-door sales girl for one morning, and an assistant in a souvenir shop".^[6]

She is married to actor Paul Venables, and lives in Gloucestershire with her husband and four children.

She is the sister of actress Emily Joyce.

Books

• The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry (2012, Doubleday:)
• Perfect (2013, Doubleday:)
• The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy (2014, Doubleday:)^[7]
• A Snow Garden and Other Stories (2015, Doubleday:)
• The Music Shop (2017, Doubleday:)^[8]
• Miss Benson's Beetle (11 June 2020, Penguin:)^[9]
• Maureen Fry and the Angel of the North (20 October 2022, Doubleday: ^[10])

Awards

• Tinniswood Award, 2007 (joint award), for To Be A Pilgrim^[11]
• French Literary Award ("Prix Littéraire des Jeunes Européens, 2014 France) for The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
• Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize, 2021, for Miss Benson's Beetle^[12]

External links

• Official Website
• Web site: Rachel Joyce Radio Plays . Diversity website.
• Video interview published by Random House publishers

Notes and References

1. Web site: About Rachel Joyce. 16 October 2014.
2. Web site: Previous Tinniswood Award winners . Society of Authors. 14 October 2019.
3. Web site: 2012 longlist announced . The Booker Prizes . 16 October 2019 . 25 July 2012.
4. Web site: EL James comes out on top at National Book awards . . Alison Flood . 5 December 2012 . 5 December 2012.
5. Web site: In focus: Steven Pimlott 1996 . Royal Shakespeare Company . 16 October 2019. Includes two photographs of Joyce, playing Celia in As You Like It
6. Web site: Author Rachel Joyce on the significance of new beginnings . Penguin . 16 October 2019 . 12 October 2016.
7. News: Rachel Joyce: my unexpected followup to The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry. 22 October 2017. The Guardian. 28 July 2015.
8. Web site: Rachel Joyce. Penguin books. 30 December 2016.
9. Web site: Miss Benson's Beetle: Rachel Joyce . Penguin Books . 14 October 2019.
10. Web site: Pre-order Maureen Fry and the Angel of the North .
11. Web site: Past winners [Tinniswood Award] ]. The Society of Authors . 27 November 2022 . 9 May 2020.
12. Web site: 2021-09-20. Joyce wins £10,000 Wilbur Smith prize for Miss Benson's Beetle. 2021-09-29. Books+Publishing. en-AU.