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Tracy Chevalier

Author of Girl with a Pearl Earring

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Tracy Chevalier was born on October 19, 1962 in Washington, D.C. After receiving a B.A. in English from Oberlin College, she moved to England in 1984 where she worked several years as a reference book editor. Leaving her job in 1993, she began a year-long M.A in creative writing at the University of East Anglia. She is the author of several novels including The Virgin Blue, Burning Bright, Remarkable Creatures, and The Last Runaway. Her novel Girl with a Pearl Earring was made into a film starring Colin Firth and Scarlett Johansson. (Bowker Author Biography) — biography from Girl with a Pearl Earring… (more)
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Bookmark Now: Writing in Unreaderly Times (Contributor) 252 copies, 3 reviews
Girl with a Pearl Earring [2003 film] (Original novel) 199 copies, 7 reviews
Alberta and Freedom (Foreword, some editions) 133 copies, 4 reviews
The Great War: Stories Inspired by Items from the First World War (Contributor) 104 copies, 18 reviews
Imagined Lives: Portraits of Unknown People (Contributor) 45 copies, 3 reviews
New Beginnings: New Writing from Bestselling Authors Sold in Aid of the… (Contributor) 44 copies
The Sunday Night Book Club (Contributor) 39 copies, 1 review
Three Things I’d Tell My Younger Self (Contributor) 7 copies
Reader's Digest Select Editions: The Distant Echo | Trojan Odyssey | The… (Contributor) 6 copies
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Chevalier, Tracy Rose
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1962-10-19
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female
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USA
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Washington, D.C., USA
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London, England, UK
Education
Oberlin College (B.A. ∙ 1984)
University of East Anglia (M.A. ∙ 1994)
Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School
Occupations
historical novelist
reference book editor
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Jonny Geller (Curtis Brown)
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Fellow, Royal Society of Literature (2008)
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Tracy Chevalier (born October 1962 in Washington, DC) is a bestselling historical novelist. She lives in London with her husband and son.

Chevalier was raised in Washington, D.C and graduated from Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School in Bethesda, Maryland. After receiving her B.A. in English from Oberlin College, she moved to England in 1984 where she worked several years as a reference book editor. Leaving her job in 1993, she began a year-long M.A in creative writing at the University of East Anglia.
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