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Joanna Elm

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London, The United Kingdom

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Suspense, Crime, Thriller

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margaret drabble, harold robbins, judith krantz, scott turow

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Author of three crime thrillers, Scandal (1996) Delusion (1997). Her third thriller, Fool Her Once was released on March 1, 2022.
In between writing fiction, she has worked as a journalist on newspapers in UK and in New York; on magazines including as the news editor of STAR tabloid magazine, and in TV News where she wrote and researched for WNYW-TV's Emmy award-winning documentary, Irish Eyes.
She was also a producer on Fox-TV's "A Current Affair."
She attended law school in 2002, and worked as a judicial law clerk for a New York appellate judge for more than seven years.
She divides her time between New York and Palm Beach where she plays tennis and golf in her spare time.
You can read more about her at "http://www.joannaelm.com/about." ...more

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	Fool Her Once 4.02 avg rating — 136 ratings — published 2022 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Scandal 3.50 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1996 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Delusion 3.64 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1997 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Fool Her Once: Now Out In Paperback

Thank you to all those readers who entered the paperback giveaway for Fool Her Once. More than 3,700 of you entered. Unfortunately, my publisher was giving away only three print copies this time.

Fortunately, however, Fool Her Once was actually released in paperback this week so you can snap one up in any bookstore where you shop for books. Or online.

I happen to love paperbacks. My first crime thri Read more of this blog post »

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The Beast: Riding the Rails and Dodging Narcos on the Migrant Trail

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