People reveal so much of their mental processes online, simply because the psychological effect of anonymity just means that a whole raft of inhibitions are left alone when people log on.
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My heroes and heroines are often unlikely people who are dragged into situations without meaning to become involved, or people with a past that has never quite left them. They are often isolated, introspective people, often confrontational or anarchic in some way, often damaged or secretly unhappy or incomplete.
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I find littering very annoying. It’s a minor but also a major thing: a society that litters is one that also has so little respect for the environment and, consequently, other people. If we had clean streets, a lot of other things would be fixed almost effortlessly.
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Birth: | 3rd July, 1964 |
Nationality: | British |
Profession: | Novelist, Teacher |
Joanne Michèle Sylvie Harris was born in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England. She is an English novelist, known for her award-winning novel Chocolat (Won- Creative Freedom Award 2000, Whittaker Gold Award 2001). It was later turned into the 2000 film Chocolat. She earned a BA degree from St. Catharine's College, Cambridge University in 1984. She also taught at Sheffield University, lecturing on aspects of French literature and film. She has written other novels include: The Evil Seed, Sleep, Pale Sister, Blackberry Wine, Five Quarters of the Orange, Coastliners, Holy Fools, Gentlemen & Players (Shortlisted for the Edgar Award 2007), The Lollipop Shoes, Runemarks, Runelight, and Peaches for Monsieur le Curé.
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