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Tracy Chevalier

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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 3.90 avg rating — 650,470 ratings — published 1999 — 212 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 3.85 avg rating — 45,366 ratings — published 2009 — 29 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 3.69 avg rating — 42,477 ratings — published 2003 — 95 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 3.66 avg rating — 30,306 ratings — published 1997 — 35 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 3.82 avg rating — 32,714 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Falling Angels 3.59 avg rating — 23,605 ratings — published 2001 — 62 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 3.64 avg rating — 17,757 ratings — published 2016 — 41 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 — 17,636 ratings — published 2019 — 32 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 3.37 avg rating — 13,256 ratings — published 2007 — 65 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 — 7,166 ratings — published 2017 — 50 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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Tracy Chevalier answered Kate's question: Tracy, The new movie, The Ammonite is about Mary Anning, about whom you based your book 'Remarkable Creatures'. I'm curious to know whether you whether you were interested in seeing it, and if you have seen it, what did you think of how Francis Lee (who directed & wrote the screenplay) portrayed her based on the research you did? Hi Kate, Your question is a little painful, because the existence of Ammonite means that Remarkable Creatures is now much less likely to be made into a movie or tv series. Not impossible, but harder. Do people really want to see two movies about Mary See Full Answer
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Historical Fiction is our genre for November. Please vote on which book you would like to read. Last day to vote is Friday, October 18.

The Red Queen

Philippa Gregory

5 votes, 45.5%

People of the Book

Geraldine Brooks

2 votes, 18.2%

The Lady and the Unicorn

Tracy Chevalier

1 vote, 9.1%

The House of the Spirits

Isabel Allende

1 vote, 9.1%

Fall on your Knees

Ann-Marie MacDonald

1 vote, 9.1%

Fingersmith

Sarah Waters

1 vote, 9.1%

The Many Lives and Secret Sorrows of Josephine B.

Sandra Gulland

0 votes, 0.0%

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

Patrick Süskind

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