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| name = Tracy Chevalier | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|FRSL}} | image = Tracy Chevalier tree.jpg | image_size = 240px | alt = | caption = | pseudonym = | birth_name = Tracy Rose Chevalier | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1962|10|19}} | birth_place = Washington, D.C., U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | resting_place = | occupation = Writer | language = English | nationality = | ethnicity = | citizenship = United States / British | education = Bachelor's degree in English; Master's degree in Creative Writing | alma_mater = Oberlin College University of East Anglia | period = | genre = Historical fiction | subject = | movement = | notableworks = Girl with a Pearl Earring | spouse = Jonathan Drori | partner = | children = 1 | relatives = Douglas Chevalier | awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | module = | website = {{URL|tchevalier.com}} | portaldisp = Literature }} Tracy Rose Chevalier, {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|FRSL}} (born October 19, 1962)[1] is an American-British historical novelist. She has written eight novels. She is best known for her second novel, Girl with a Pearl Earring, which was adapted as a 2003 film starring Scarlett Johansson and Colin Firth. Personal backgroundTracy Chevalier was born on October 19, 1962, in Washington, D.C.[2] She is the daughter of Douglas and Helen (née Werner) Chevalier. Her father was a photographer who worked with The Washington Post for more than 30 years. Her mother died in 1970, when Chevalier was eight years old.[3] Chevalier has an older sister, Kim Chevalier, who resides in Soulan, France; and a brother, Michael Chevalier, who lives in Salida, Colorado.[4] {{As of|2013}}, Chevalier lives in London with her husband, Jonathan Drori[5] and son, Jacob.[3][6] She graduated from Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School in Bethesda, Maryland, in 1980. After receiving her Bachelor's degree in English from Oberlin College in 1984, she moved to England, where she began working in publishing. In 1993, she began studying Creative Writing, earning a master's degree from the University of East Anglia. Her tutors included novelists Malcolm Bradbury and Rose Tremain.[6] Professional backgroundFollowing her graduation from Oberlin College, Chevalier moved to England, where she began working as an editorial assistant with Macmillan's Dictionary of Art, then later joined St. James Press, serving as a reference book editor.[7] Her first novel, The Virgin Blue, was published in the UK in 1997 and was chosen by W H Smith for their showcase of new authors.[8] Her second novel, entitled Girl with a Pearl Earring, was published in 1999. The work, which was based on the famous painting by Vermeer, has been translated into 38 languages. As of 2014, it has sold over five million copies worldwide.[9] It won the Barnes and Noble Discover Award in 2000.[10] In 2003, a film based on the novel was released, receiving three Academy Award nominations in 2004, along with ten BAFTAs and two Golden Globes. Her 2013 novel, The Last Runaway was honored with the Ohioana Book Award[11] and was chosen for the Richard and Judy Book Club for autumn 2013.[12] In 2011 she edited and contributed towards Why Willows Weep, a collection of short stories by 19 authors, the sale of which raised money for the Woodland Trust, for which her husband served as a trustee.[13][14] MembershipsChevalier has been involved in representing authors as a member of various community organizations. In 2006, she began serving as the chairperson for the Management Committee for the UK's Society of Authors, serving in that capacity for two years.{{citation needed|date=September 2013}} She served on the Advisory Board of the UK’s Public Lending Right from 2008 until 2015, while as serving as Patron of World Book Night.{{citation needed|date=September 2013}} Girl with a Pearl Earring was chosen as one of the books given away in both the US and UK for World Book Night 2013. In 2015 she joined the British Library Board as a Trustee. She is also an Ambassador for the Woodland Trust, where her husband serves as a member of the board of directors.[15] Honors and awards
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References1. ^{{cite web|url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/officers/gF7iEnZ5uCr_-sDTvcKIg_rQwHM/appointments|title=Tracy Rose CHEVALIER - Personal Appointments (free information from Companies House)|website=beta.companieshouse.gov.uk|accessdate=25 July 2018}} 2. ^Sharp, Michael D. (2006). Popular Contemporary Writers, Marshall Cavendish, p. 349. {{ISBN|978-0761476016}}. 3. ^1 {{cite news|author=Clare Geraghty |url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/you/article-2295928/Tracy-Chevalier--bestselling-author-Girl-With-Pearl-Earring--shares-keepsakes-family-memories.html |title=Tracy Chevalier - bestselling author of Girl With a Pearl Earring - shares her keepsakes and family memories |newspaper=Daily Mail |date=2013-03-24 |accessdate=2013-09-13 |location=London}} 4. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/09/AR2007060901198.html |title=Photographer Douglas Chevalier |newspaper= The Washington Post |date= 2007-06-10|accessdate=2013-09-13 |first=Matt |last=Schudel}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.theshortreview.com/authors/TracyChevalier.htm |title=Tracy Chevalier |publisher=TheShortReview.com |date= |accessdate=2013-09-13}} 6. ^1 {{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/donotmigrate/3602272/I-thought-Whos-playing-a-prank.html|title=I thought: 'Who's playing a prank?'|date=2003-09-09 |newspaper= The Daily Telegraph |accessdate=2013-09-13 | first=Cassandra | last=Jardine |location=London}} 7. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.tchevalier.com/index.php/about |title=Tracy Chevalier - About Me |publisher=Tracy Chevalier (tchevalier.com) |date=2012-12-11 |accessdate=2013-09-13 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005180017/http://www.tchevalier.com/index.php/about |archivedate=2013-10-05 |df= }} 8. ^{{cite news|author=Helen Stevenson |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/books-independent-choice-first-novels-1276209.html |title=Books: Independent choice: first novels - Books - Arts & Entertainment |newspaper= The Independent |date=1997-02-01 |accessdate=2013-09-13 |location=London}} 9. ^{{cite news|author=Jessica Salter |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/authorinterviews/10725254/The-world-of-writer-Tracy-Chevalier.html |title=The world of writer Tracy Chevalier |newspaper= The Telegraph |date=2014-03-28 |accessdate=2017-02-21 |location=London}} 10. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://www.barnesandnoble.com/awards/bndiscover_past.asp |title=Barnes & Noble.com Awards |publisher=Barnesandnoble.com |date=2013-09-30 |accessdate=2013-10-06 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130731092149/http://www.barnesandnoble.com/awards/bndiscover_past.asp |archivedate=2013-07-31 |df= }} 11. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://www.ohioana.org/awards/2013/ohiofiction2013.asp |title=Ohioana Fiction Set in Ohio: 2013 Winner |publisher=Ohioana.org |date= |accessdate=2013-10-06 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140727140143/http://www.ohioana.org/awards/2013/ohiofiction2013.asp |archivedate=2014-07-27 |df= }} 12. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.richardandjudy.co.uk/current-reads/Autumn-2013/332 |title=Autumn 2013 - Current Reads |publisher=Richard and Judy (richardandjudy.co.uk) |date=2013-08-29 |accessdate=2013-10-06}} 13. ^{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15237686 |title=From weeping willows to mighty oaks |first=Tom |last=Feilden |work=BBC News |date=10 October 2011}} 14. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.thecnj.com/camden_review/reviews/books/2011/dec/review-why-willows-weep-edited-tracy-chevalier-and-simon-prosser |title=Review - Why Willows Weep. Edited by Tracy Chevalier and Simon Prosser |first=Catherine |last=Etoe |work=Camden Review |date=17 November 2011 |accessdate=7 August 2016}} 15. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/gardening-events/tracy-chevalier-my-love-of-kew-gardens-sowed-the-seeds-of-my-new/|title=Tracy Chevalier: 'My love of Kew Gardens sowed the seeds of my new novel'|last=Parker|first=Olivia|date=2016-09-11|work=The Telegraph|access-date=2017-11-02|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}} 16. ^{{Cite book|title=Encyclopedia of contemporary writers and their works|last=1972-|first=Hamilton, Geoff|date=2010|publisher=Facts On File, Inc|others=Jones, Brian, 1959-|isbn=9780816075782|location=New York, NY|pages=63|oclc=406944997}} 17. ^{{Cite web|url=https://rsliterature.org/fellow/tracy-chevalier-3/|title=Royal Society of Literature » Tracy Chevalier|website=rsliterature.org|language=en-GB|access-date=2018-01-26}} 18. ^{{Cite web|url=https://portal.uea.ac.uk/graduationoffice/honorary-graduates|title=Honorary Graduates - UEA|website=portal.uea.ac.uk|language=en-GB|access-date=2018-01-26}} External links
16 : 1962 births|Living people|American historical novelists|British historical novelists|Fellows of the Royal Society of Literature|Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School alumni|Oberlin College alumni|Alumni of the University of East Anglia|American expatriates in the United Kingdom|Writers from Washington, D.C.|20th-century American novelists|21st-century American novelists|20th-century American women writers|American women novelists|21st-century American women writers|Women historical novelists |
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