Editing Joanne Harris (section)

==Personal life==
Harris lives in Yorkshire with her husband Kevin, and has a son.<ref name=bbcr4today-20221209>{{cite AV media |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001fw97 |title=Today 09/12/2022 |last=Harris |first=Joanne |publisher=BBC Radio 4 |work=Today |time=2h52m21s |date=9 December 2022 |access-date=9 December 2022}}</ref> She works from a shed in her garden.<ref>{{cite web|first=Alex |last=Johnson |url=http://www.shedworking.co.uk/2011/02/exclusive-interview-with-shedworking.html |title=Exclusive: interview with shed-working author Joanne Harris |work=Shedworking |date=23 February 2011 |access-date=30 August 2012}}</ref>

Harris was diagnosed with [[breast cancer]] in 2020, and discussed the diagnosis and her ongoing treatment on social media and at the [[Hay Festival]].<ref name="knight">{{cite news |last1=Knight |first1=Lucy |title=Joanne Harris says she saw her cancer as a fictional 'monster' she could 'destroy' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/may/30/joanne-harris-says-she-saw-her-cancer-as-a-fictional-monster-she-could-destroy |access-date=12 January 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=30 May 2022}}</ref> In 2023, she was declared cancer-free, and wrote in ''The Guardian'' that the experience had made her reassess her priorities and had given her back her voice.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Harris |first=Joanne |date=2023-05-15 |title=I used to hide behind my hair. But cancer gave me a buzzcut and helped me find my voice |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/may/15/hair-cancer-buzzcut-voice-author-woman |access-date=2024-07-20 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

She has stated that she has a form of [[synesthesia|synaesthesia]] "in which colours in bright light trigger scents". She also suffers from [[seasonal affective disorder]] (SAD) in winter,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Harris |first1=Joanne |title=Scent illustrations |url=https://www.joanne-harris.co.uk/scent-illustrations/ |access-date=15 January 2024 |language=en}}</ref>and has [[dyscalculia]], an inability to process numbers.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Wintle |first=Angela |date=2020-08-23 |title=Joanne Harris: ‘I sold the Chocolat film rights for just £5,000’ |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/fame-fortune/joanne-harris-sold-chocolat-film-rights-just-5000/ |access-date=2025-05-06 |work=The Telegraph |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235}}</ref>