Joanna Trollope was born on December 9, 1943, in Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire, England. She is the oldest of three siblings and is a fifth-generation niece of Anthony Trollope, the Victorian novelist. Her cousin, James Trollope, is a broadcaster and writer. Trollope was educated at Reigate County School for Girls followed by St Hugh's College, Oxford.
After graduating from Oxford, Trollope worked at the Foreign Office from 1965 to 1967. She then moved into teaching, holding various positions until she became a full-time writer in 1980. In 1980, she won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists' Association for her novel Parson Harding's Daughter.
Trollope has been writing fiction for over 30 years and has written many bestsellers, including "The Rector's Wife," "A Village Affair," "Other People's Children," and "Marrying the Mistress." She was awarded the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1996 Queen's Birthday Honors List for her services to literature. Trollope currently lives in England.
It is worth mentioning that, Trollope was born with a silver spoon, being part of a family with a long line of writers, and a direct descendant of a Victorian novelist. However, she has made a name for herself, and her success is not solely based on her family's legacy, but on her own talent, hard work, and dedication to her craft. She has been able to adapt to the changing times and her works reflect contemporary issues and societal changes.
Legacy Saga Books (as Caroline Harvey)
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Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
1
Legacy of Love
1983
2
A Second Legacy
1993
Austen Project Books
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Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
1
Sense & Sensibility
2013
2
Northanger Abbey
2014
3
Northanger Abbey ( By: Val McDermid)
2014
4
Emma
2014
5
Emma ( By: Alexander McCall Smith)
2014
6
Eligible (By: Curtis Sittenfeld)
2016
7
Eligible
2016
Standalone Novels
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Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
1
Eliza Stanhope
1978
2
Mistaken Virtues
1980
3
Parson Harding's Daughter
1980
4
Parson Harding's Daughter ( As: Caroline Harvey)
1980
5
Leaves from the Valley
1980
6
The City Of Gems
1981
7
The City Of Gems ( As: Caroline Harvey)
1981
8
The Steps of the Sun ( As: Caroline Harvey)
1983
9
The Steps of the Sun
1983
10
The Taverners' Place ( As: Caroline Harvey)
1986
11
The Taverners' Place
1986
12
The Choir
1988
13
A Village Affair
1989
14
A Passionate Man
1990
15
The Rector's Wife
1991
16
The Men and the Girls
1992
17
A Spanish Lover
1993
18
A Castle In Italy
1993
19
A Castle In Italy ( As: Caroline Harvey)
1993
20
Next of Kin
1995
21
The Best of Friends
1995
22
Faith
1996
23
The Brass Dolphin ( As: Caroline Harvey)
1997
24
The Brass Dolphin
1997
25
Other People's Children
1998
26
Marrying the Mistress
2000
27
Girl from the South
2002
28
Brother and Sister
2004
29
Second Honeymoon
2006
30
The Book Boy
2006
31
Friday Nights
2007
32
The Other Family
2010
33
Daughters-in-Law
2011
34
The Soldier's Wife
2012
35
Balancing Act
2014
36
City of Friends
2017
37
A Suitable Match
2018
38
An Unsuitable Match
2019
39
Mum & Dad
2020
Non-Fiction Books
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Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
1
Britannia's Daughters
1983
2
The Country Habit
1993
3
Poems for Love
2018
The BBC National Short Story Award Books
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Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
1
The BBC National Short Story Award 2010 (By: Helen Oyeyemi, David Constantine, Sarah Hall, Aminatta Forna, Jon McGregor)
2010
2
The BBC National Short Story Award 2011 (By: Alison MacLeod, M.J. Hyland, Jon McGregor, K.J. Orr, Sue MacGregor)
2011
3
The BBC International Short Story Award 2012 (By: Miroslav Penkov, Carrie Tiffany, Deborah Levy, M.J. Hyland, Clive Anderson, Lucy Caldwell, Henrietta Rose-Innes, Julian Gough, Chris Womersley, Krys Lee, Adam Ross)
2012
4
The BBC National Short Story Award 2013 (By: Lionel Shriver, Sarah Hall, Lavinia Greenlaw, Lucy Wood)
2013
5
The BBC National Short Story Award 2014 (By: Tessa Hadley, Lionel Shriver, Zadie Smith, Rose Tremain, Francesca Rhydderch, Alan Yentob)
2014
6
The BBC National Short Story Award 2015 (By: Jeremy Page)
2015
7
BBC National Short Story Award 2016 (By: Hilary Mantel, Claire-Louise Bennett, Lavinia Greenlaw, Tahmima Anam, Jenni Murray, K.J. Orr)
2016
8
The BBC National Short Story Award 2017 (With: Helen Oyeyemi, Jenni Fagan, Benjamin Markovits, Will Eaves, Cynan Jones)
2017
9
The BBC National Short Story Award 2018 (By: Kerry Andrew, Sarah Hall, Ingrid Persaud, Nell Stevens, Kiare Ladner, Stig Abell)
2018
10
The BBC National Short Story Award 2019 (By: Lucy Caldwell, Jo Lloyd, Lynda Clark, Jacqueline Crooks, Nikki Bedi)
2019
11
The BBC National Short Story Award 2020 (By: Eley Williams, Sarah Hall, Caleb Nelson, Jan Carson, Jack Houston)
2020
12
The BBC National Short Story Award 2021 (By: Danny Rhodes, James Runcie, Richard Smyth, Lucy Caldwell, Rory Gleeson, Georgina Harding)
2021
13
The BBC National Short Story Award 2022 (By: Kerry Andrew, Elizabeth Day, Jenn Ashworth, Anna Bailey, Vanessa Onwuemezi, Saba Sams)
2022
14
The BBC National Short Story Award 2023 (By: Kamila Shamsie, Reeta Chakrabarti, Nick Mulgrew, Naomi Wood, Cherise Saywell, K Patrick)
2023
15
The BBC National Short Story Award 2024 (By: Lucy Caldwell, Ross Raisin, Will Boast, Manish Chauhan, Paddy O’Connell, Vee Walker)