Tracy Chevalier

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.

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Washington, DC - 1962 - Historical novel - Girl with a Pearl Earring - Vermeer - Film - Academy Award - 2004

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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.

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Oberlin College - England - University of East Anglia - Malcolm Bradbury - Rose Tremain

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She is currently working on a book about William Blake. She lives in London with her husband and son.

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William Blake - London

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