Joanne Briggs’ debut book, a mixed-genre memoir called ‘The Scientist Who Wasn’t There’, was published in hardback in June 2025 by Bonnier’s Ithaka Press, after winning the prestigious Bridport Prize for Memoir in April 2023.  Described in the Times Literary Supplement in December 2025 as “a gripping story”, and in a Telegraph review by novelist Ian Sansom as “thrilling, unsettling” and “a vivid depiction of a world in which ambition and imagination collide, with devastating human consequences”, the book has had a positive reception from both reviewers and readers, and has been the subject of long-form author interviews on Sky news and the BBC World Service. A podcast series on the Sky platform is currently in production, with an updated paperback edition due for release in June 2026.