Tracy Chevalier is a bestselling historical novelist. Chevalier
was raised in Washington, D.C. and moved to England in 1984 where she worked
several years as a reference book editor. She left her job in 1993 and began a
year-long M.A. in creative writing.
Chevalier
became known with her novel Girl with a Pearl
Earring, a book based on the famous painting by Vermeer. She has written
seven novels. Her most recent is The Last Runaway, about an English
Quaker who moves to rural Ohio and gets involved in the Underground Railroad.
She lives in
London with her husband and son. Many of Chevalier’s works are in the library's
collection, including her most recent. To visit her website click here.
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