miss_yuko said:
Joanne Harris, who wrote the book 'Chocolate' that recently became a movie starring Johnny Depp and Juliette Binoche, has a book named 'Holy Fools', in which the main character reads tarot cards!
After reading your post I pulled down a book that is one of my BTBR (Books To Be Read) and its by Joanne Harris too. It is titled "Sleep, Pale Sister." On the back cover is says it is "a gothic tour-de-force that recalls the powerfully dark sensibility of her novel 'Holy Fools.'" It goes on to say that it "combines the ethereal beauty of a Pre-Raphaelite painting with a chilling high gothic tale, and is as testament of Harris's briming cornucopia of talents."
What drew my attention to the book in the store was that the story is broken up with pages that state the name of a Tarot card. I don't know if Tarot cards are mentioned in the story or not.
The Hermit
The Star
The Nine of Swords
The Knave of Coins
The High Priestess
The Moon
Change
The Ace of Swords
The Two of Cups
The Hanged Man
Death
Doing a bit of online research on Joanne Harris I haven't seen any mention of her saying that she uses Tarot cards. However, her book "Runemarks" (to be published Sept. 2007), is about runes. On her pesonal website
http://www.joanne-harris.co.uk
she talks about the book and runes.