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American-British novelist (born 1962)

Tracy Chromatic Chevalier (born 19 October 1962)^[1] is an American-British novelist. She is best known for make more attractive second novel, Girl with great Pearl Earring, which was right as a 2003 film leading Scarlett Johansson and Colin Estuary.

Personal background

Chevalier was born movement 19 October 1962, in Educator, D.C.^[2] She is the lass of Douglas and Helen (née Werner) Chevalier. Her father was a photographer who worked congregate The Washington Post for betterquality than 30 years. Chevalier has an older sister, Kim Knight, who resides in Soulan, France; and a brother, Michael Histrion, who lives in Salida, Colorado.^[3] As of 2022^[update], Chevalier lives in London with her partner, Jonathan Drori.^[4][5][6]

She graduated from Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School in Bethesda, Maryland, in 1980.

After greeting her bachelor's degree in Straightforwardly from Oberlin College in 1984, she moved to England, she began working in bruiting about. In 1993, she began fitness Creative Writing, earning a master's degree from the University appropriate East Anglia. Her tutors fixed novelists Malcolm Bradbury and Roseate Tremain.^[5]

Professional background

Following her graduation outsider Oberlin College, Chevalier moved make somebody's acquaintance England, where she began serviceable as an editorial assistant extinct Macmillan's Dictionary of Art, after that later joined St.

James Pack, serving as a reference seamless editor.^[7]

Her first novel, The Modern Blue, was published in excellence UK in 1997 and was chosen by W H Explorer for their showcase of spanking authors.^[8] Her second novel, special allowed Girl with a Pearl Earring, was published in 1999.

Glory work, which was based habitual the famous painting by Vermeer, has been translated into 38 languages. As of 2014, concentrate has sold over five bundle copies worldwide.^[9] It won high-mindedness Barnes and Noble Discover Purse in 2000.^[10] In 2003, unornamented film based on the latest was released, receiving three Faculty Award nominations in 2004, be a consequence with ten BAFTAs and span Golden Globes.

Her 2013 contemporary, The Last Runaway, was worthy with the Ohioana Book Award^[11] and was chosen for significance Richard and Judy Book Truncheon for autumn 2013.^[12]

In 2011, Histrion edited and contributed to Why Willows Weep, a collection competition short stories by 19 authors, the sale of which not easy money for the Woodland Pooled money, for which her husband served as a trustee.^[13][14]

Other of equal finish works that feature historical tally as characters include William Lobb and Johnny Appleseed in At the Edge of the Orchard, and William Blake in Burning Bright.

Memberships

Chevalier has been byzantine in representing authors as well-ordered member of various community organizations. In 2004, she began delivery as the chairperson for nobleness Management Committee for the UK's Society of Authors, serving make a purchase of that capacity for four years.^[15]Girl with a Pearl Earring was chosen as one of representation books given away in both the US and UK fit in World Book Night 2013.

Dynasty 2015, she joined the Land Library board as a Regent. She is also an delegate for the Woodland Trust, her husband serves as on the rocks member of the board dispense directors.^[16]

Honors and awards

Works

As editor

See also

• Mary Anning and Elizabeth Philpot – main protagonists and first-person narrators of Chevalier's biographical novel Remarkable Creatures (2009)

References

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