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Tracy Chevalier

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in Washington, DC., The United States

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Historical Fiction, Fiction

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Margaret Atwood, Rose Tremain, Sarah Waters, Hilary Mantel

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Born:
19 October 1962 in Washington, DC. Youngest of 3 children. Father was a photographer for The Washington Post.

Childhood:
Nerdy. Spent a lot of time lying on my bed reading. Favorite authors back then: Laura Ingalls Wilder, Madeleine L’Engle, Zilpha Keatley Snyder, Joan Aiken, Susan Cooper, Lloyd Alexander. Book I would have taken to a desert island: Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery.

Education:
BA in English, Oberlin College, Ohio, 1984. No one was surprised that I went there; I was made for such a progressive, liberal place.

MA in creative writing, University of East Anglia, Norwich, England, 1994. There’s a lot of debate about whether or not you can be taught to write. Why doesn’t anyone ask that of professional singers, painters, d ...more

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	Girl with a Pearl Earring 3.92 avg rating — 705,554 ratings — published 1999 — 254 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Remarkable Creatures 3.87 avg rating — 48,707 ratings — published 2009 — 83 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lady and the Unicorn 3.70 avg rating — 44,154 ratings — published 2003 — 52 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Last Runaway 3.84 avg rating — 35,186 ratings — published 2013 — 64 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Virgin Blue 3.67 avg rating — 31,620 ratings — published 1997 — 81 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Single Thread 3.74 avg rating — 24,928 ratings — published 2019 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Falling Angels 3.60 avg rating — 24,801 ratings — published 2001 — 71 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	At the Edge of the Orchard 3.65 avg rating — 19,702 ratings — published 2016 — 46 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Burning Bright 3.38 avg rating — 14,097 ratings — published 2007 — 78 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	New Boy 3.50 avg rating — 8,202 ratings — published 2017 — 53 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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June 2022

It's officially summer in the northern hemisphere, but I'm looking back on an incredible spring: specifically 3rd April 2022, and the premiere of Girl with a Pearl Earring: The Opera at Zurich Opera House. That's right, an opera!

That novel about a Dutch painting is having a long and blessed life. When I wrote it back in 1998, I could imagine it as a film, a radio dramatization, even a play. But ne

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Tracy Chevalier wrote a new blog post June 2022 It's officially summer in the northern hemisphere, but I'm looking back on an incredible spring: specifically 3rd April 2022, and the premiere of Girl Read more of this blog post »
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Tracy Chevalier answered Wendy's question: Hello! I enjoy your books very much! I do a fair amount of audio reading as I work on the road. I have an odd question. At some point, I read a novel with a section in which a doll maker discussed why she makes dolls. It was so poignant that I stopped the car and transcribed a whole paragraph, but have lost the paper. Was this in a book of yours? I've looked. I'm a fiber artist interested in dolls. TY!! Hi Wendy - That's not one of my books, but I'm wondering if it might be The Doll Factory by Elizabeth Macneal?
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Tracy Chevalier made a comment on October 2021 " Ha ha! Concentrating too hard to sing! "
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Tracy Chevalier has read On Hampstead Heath: A delightfully sharp and witty comedy of errors by Marika Cobbold	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Tracy Chevalier has read The Odd Women by George Gissing	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Tracy Chevalier has read The Women in Black by Madeleine St. John	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Tracy Chevalier has read The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Tracy Chevalier has read Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“I have consistently loved books that I've read when I've been sick in bed.”
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“It's a rare book that wins the battle against drooping eyelids.”
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“He saw things in a way that others did not, so that a city I had lived in all my life seemed a different place, so that a woman became beautiful with the light on her face.”
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