Harris returns 20 years later to magical characters of ‘Chocolat’

Bestselling author Joanne Harris talks about the surprise of her success and how life has changed for both herself and her characters. But this is not a sequel, she tells Hannah Stephenson.

Enigmatic chocolatier Vianne Rocher swept into our psyche in the picturesque, sleepy little fictional French village of Lansquenet-sous-Tannes some 20 years ago — and today, Chocolat creator Joanne Harris contemplates how life has panned out for herself and her heroine.