Biography
Joanna Toye is a British writer of television and radio drama, and later of historical fiction. After reading English at university she joined the production team of BBC Radio 4's The Archers and went on to write scripts for the programme for over twenty years. She has also written spin-off books about the series.
On television she has written episodes of Crossroads (1988), Family Affairs (1997), Doctors (2004–2006, as Jo Toye) and EastEnders (2017). She later turned to original novels, publishing the Shop Girls series beginning with A Store at War in 2019.
