MarketJoanna Barnden
Company Profile

Joanna Barnden

Joanna Barnden is a British author of historical fiction who writes as Anna Stuart for her World War II novels and Joanna Courtney for novels set in other periods.

Biography
Born Joanna Gibb in St Andrews, Scotland, Barnden attended Loughborough High School from Year 9. After graduating, Barnden worked as a factory planner and started a family, initially writing only in her spare time. Barnden lives in Kirk Langley with her husband Stuart. They have two children. ==Select publications==
Select publications
As Joanna Barnden • 2013 : Running Against the Tide (Robert Hale) — London's docklands in the early nineteenth century As Joanna Courtney Series: Queens of the Conquest • 2015 : The Chosen Queen (Macmillan) — Edith of Mercia • 2016 : The Constant Queen (Macmillan) — Elizaveta of Kiev • 2017 : ''The Conqueror's Queen'' (Macmillan) — Mathilda of Flanders '''''Series: Shakespeare's Queens''''' • 2018 : Blood Queen (Piatkus) — Lady Macbeth • 2019 : Fire Queen (Piatkus) — Ophelia • 2020 : Iron Queen (Piatkus) — Cordelia Other works • 2015 : The Christmas Court, novella (Pan Books) — a seasonal tale set in the Queens of the Conquest universe • 2023 : Cleopatra and Julius (Piatkus) — the Egyptian queen and the Roman general As Anna Stuart Series: World War II Remembered Three novels in which a young woman of today connects with a woman who lived through the Second World War. • 2021 : The Berlin Zookeeper (Bookouture) • 2021 : The Secret Diary (Bookouture) • 2021 : A Letter from Pearl Harbor (Bookouture) Series: Women of War • 2022 : The Midwife of Auschwitz (Bookouture) — freely inspired by the experience of Stanisława Leszczyńska • 2023 : The Midwife of Berlin (Bookouture) — sequel focused on the fictitious assistant Ester Pasternak • 2024 : The War Orphan (Bookouture) — third instalment of the Auschwitz series, partly inspired by the work of Alice Goldberger (1897–1986) • 2024 : The Resistance Sisters (Bookouture) • 2024 : The Secret Message (Bookouture) Series: The Bletchley Park Girls • 2022 : The Bletchley Girls (Bookouture) • 2023 : Code Name Elodie (Bookouture) Contemporary fiction • 2019 : Bonnie and Stan (Trapeze) • 2020 : Four Minutes to Save a Life (Trapeze) ==References==
tickerdossier.comtickerdossier.substack.com