Tracy Chevalier

Tracy Chevalier.

Tracy Chevalier (born October 19, 1962 ) is an American writer. She writes historical novels .

Life

Tracy Chevalier was raised in Washington, DC, the youngest of three children . Her father was a photographer for the Washington Post. She attended Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School in Bethesda , Maryland . At Oberlin College she graduated with Bachelor of Arts in English.

In 1984 she moved to London, where she worked as an editor . In 1993 she completed a one-year Masters course in creative writing at the University of East Anglia with authors Malcolm Bradbury and Rose Tremain .

In 1999 List published the girl with the pearl earring (original title: Girl With a Pearl Earring), which she wrote in 1998 in just eight months. Two weeks later she had her son. The novel became one of the most internationally successful books of the year and was filmed in 2003 by British director Peter Webber (German distribution title: The Girl with a Pearl Earring ).

Tracy Chevalier lives in London with her husband and son.

Works (selection)

• The darkest blue. ( The Virgin Blue. ) Dtv, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-423-24168-3
• The girl with the pearl earring. ( Girl with a Pearl Earring. ) Translation Ursula Wulfekamp. List Verlag, Munich 2000, ISBN 3-471-77250-2 ; Ullstein Taschenbuchverlag, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-548-60069-7
• When angels fall , ( Falling Angels. ) List Verlag, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-471-77253-7 ; Ullstein Taschenbuchverlag 2003, ISBN 3-548-60347-5
• The kiss of the unicorn. ( The Lady and the Unicorn. ) List Verlag, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-471-77271-5
• The girl with the sparkling eyes. ( Burning Bright. ) List Taschenbuch-Verlag, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-548-60940-9 ; previously published as The Songs of Mr. Blake. List Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-471-79565-1
• Two remarkable women. ( Remarkable Creatures. ) Knaus Verlag, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-8135-0368-5
• The English friend. ( The Last Runaway. ) Knaus Verlag, Munich 2013, ISBN 978-3-8135-0595-5
• The call of the trees. ( At the Edge of the Ochard. ) Knaus Verlag, Munich 2017, ISBN 978-3-8135-0723-2
• The new. ( New Boy. ) Knaus Verlag, Munich 2018, ISBN 978-38135-0671-6

Web links

• Literature by and about Tracy Chevalier in the catalog of the German National Library
• Tracy Chevalier's website