About Joanna Barnden
Born 1972. Joanna Barnden is a writer and novelist.
Joanna Barnden (née Gibb; born 1972) 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 (Courtney is Barnden's middle name). 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. 2024 : The Resistance Sisters (Bookouture) 2024 : The Secret Message (Bookouture) 2026 : The Last Baby in Auschwitz (Bookouture) 2026 : The Children on the Train (Bookouture)
Series: The Bletchley Park Girls 2022 : The Bletchley Girls (Bookouture) 2023 : Code Name Elodie (Bookouture)
Series: Inspirational WW2 Stories 2025 : The English Wife (Bookouture) — freely inspired by the experience of Clementine Churchill 2025 : The President’s Wife (Bookouture) — freely inspired by the experience of Eleanor Roosevelt
Contemporary fiction 2019 : Bonnie and Stan (Trapeze) 2020 : Four Minutes to Save a Life (Trapeze)
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British historical novelist
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Joanna Barnden was born in 1972 in St Andrews.
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