Joanna Briscoe

Joanna Briscoe is the author of Sleep with Me, Skin and Mothers and Other Lovers.
a formidably talented writer - Independent on Sunday
compulsive reading - Daily Mail

 

 

Front Row 14/12/09

BBC Radio 4 Front Row Front Row, BBC Radio 4, Dec. 14Joanna Briscoe and Andrew Davies talk to Mark Lawson about Davies' adaptation of her "Sleep With Me"
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Adrian Lester


"Sleep With Me" premieres on ITV on New Year's Eve.

 

Sleep With Me, adapted by Andrew Davies as a two hour drama starring Adrian Lester, Jodhi May and Anamaria Marinca will be show on ITV on New Year's Eve.

“It's a writer's dream to have a novel adapted by Andrew Davies. Though he's famous for inserting a sexual element into his adaptations, here's a novel where he didn't need to! I think this will be tense, dark and erotic drama, with a classy cast, and I can't wait to see the finished film.”

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New Novel

Joanna’s new novel will be published by Bloomsbury in February 2011, and by Bloomsbury USA in the same year. More information to follow.

 

 

 

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