The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society Characters

Lord Tobias was John Booker's employer; Booker was his valet. He initially came to Guernsey to escape the war, but decided to leave immediately when the Germans bombed the island. From Booker's descriptions, Lord Tobias cared much more for his possessions than for his wife.

Eben Ramsey's daughter and Eli's mother; she died with her newborn when the Germans bombed Guernsey. She and Elizabeth were childhood friends and Eben says that Jane was one of the main reasons why Elizabeth decided to stay on the island and not evacuate.

An unwilling member of the Literary Society who presents at Juliet's first Society meeting. He read The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius and thinks very poorly of the book, Marcus Aurelius himself, and his friend who made him read the book by insulting him.

The German commander on Guernsey during the occupation. Though he's presumably the one in charge of the ever-changing and often cruel rules, he also expresses a love of literature.

A man who writes Juliet to tell her about the Vega boxes of food and supplies from the Red Cross. He also tells her the story of seeing a German soldier kill and cook a cat.

A man who writes anonymously to Juliet about how the United States euthanized islanders' pets in the weeks before the German invasion. He thinks more highly of animals than he does of people, so he found this especially horrendous.

The Guernsey woman responsible for revealing John Booker's true identity to the German authorities. She dated German soldiers in exchange for food and gifts.

A German soldier who dated Lisa Jenkins. He passed the photo of the real Lord Tobias onto the Commandant, thereby condemning John Booker to a concentration camp in mainland Europe.

A nurse who cares for Remy in Louviers. She transcribes Remy's letter to the Society telling them of Elizabeth's death, though she desperately wants Remy to forget about her experience in Ravensbrück and heal.

A big and mean man on Guernsey. During the war, he habitually told on his neighbors to earn favors from the Germans. He told on Elizabeth and Peter and for that, Dawsey beat him in the pub one night.

Sophie's husband and Dominic's father. He and Sophie live in Scotland.

Sophie and Alexander's three-year-old son. Juliet is his godmother.

A woman on Guernsey whom Clovis Fossey woos using poetry.

Mr. Dilwyn's wife. She's a somewhat vain lady and was very upset when Guernsey ran out of soap.

Amelia's son; he died in the war. As a boy, he was friendly with Elizabeth and Jane.

A Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society member. He presents on Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales and finds them extremely distasteful.

A Guernsey woman who spends her nights digging for a silver teapot she hid during the occupation.