Rachel Joyce is the author of the Sunday Times and international bestsellers The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry and The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy. Maureen Fry and the Angel of the North completes this trilogy. She is also the author of bestsellers Perfect, The Music Shop, Miss Benson's Beetle and a collection of interlinked short stories, A Snow Garden & Other Stories. Her books have sold over five million copies worldwide and been translated into thirty-six languages.
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Book Prize and longlisted for the Man Booker Prize. It is now a major film starring Jim Broadbent with Penelope Wilton as Maureen. Rachel was awarded the Specsavers National Book Awards "New Writer of the Year" in 2012 and shortlisted for the "UK Author of the Year" award in 2014. Rachel lives with her husband Paul and family near Stroud.
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Book Prize and longlisted for the Man Booker Prize. It is now a major film starring Jim Broadbent with Penelope Wilton as Maureen. Rachel was awarded the Specsavers National Book Awards "New Writer of the Year" in 2012 and shortlisted for the "UK Author of the Year" award in 2014. Rachel lives with her husband Paul and family near Stroud.
