Tracy Chevalier
From Freepedia
Tracy Chevalier (born in Washington, DC in October of 1962) is a historical novelist whose career began with the book The Virgin Blue but who became well known with a book on the creation of the painting Girl with a Pearl Earring by Vermeer. The film based on the latter novel received three Academy Award nominations in 2004.
Chevalier was raised in Washington, D.C. After receiving her BA 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 MA in creative writing at the University of East Anglia. Her tutors on the course were novelists Malcolm Bradbury and Rose Tremain.
She is currently working on a book about William Blake. She lives in London with her husband and son.
Published works
- The Virgin Blue (London: Plume, 1997) ISBN 0452284449
- Girl with a Pearl Earring (New York: Dutton, 1999) ISBN 052594527X
- Falling Angels (New York: Dutton, 2001) ISBN 0525945814
- The Lady and the Unicorn (New York: Dutton Adult, 2003) ISBN 0525947671
