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Tracy Chevalier

(b.1962)

Tracy Chevalier grew up in Washington, DC. She moved to England in 1984, and worked for several years as a reference book editor. In 1994 she graduated from the MA course in creative writing at the University of East Anglia. Her first novel, The Virgin Blue, was chosen by WH Smith for its Fresh Talent promotion in 1997. She lives in London with her husband and son.

Genres: Historical, Literary Fiction

Novels

   The Virgin Blue (1997)
   Girl with a Pearl Earring (1999)
   Falling Angels (2001)
   The Lady and the Unicorn (2003)
   Burning Bright (2007)
   Remarkable Creatures (2009)
   The Last Runaway (2013)
   At the Edge of the Orchard (2016)
   A Single Thread (2019)
   The Glassmaker (2024)

Collections

Imagined Lives (2011) (with others)

Novellas and Short Stories

Dorset Gap (2016)

Anthologies edited

Why Willows Weep (2011) (with Simon Prosser)
Reader, I Married Him (2016)

Series contributed to

Hogarth Shakespeare
5. New Boy (2017)

Non fiction show

Books containing stories by Tracy Chevalier

Will You Read This, Please? (2023)
edited by
Joanna Cannon

The Great War (2016)
Stories Inspired by Objects from the First World War

The Great War (2015)
Stories Inspired by Items from the First World War

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Tracy Chevalier recommends

The Eights (2025)
Joanna Miller
"The Eights is an entertaining and moving imagining of four smart women dealing with the engrained misogyny of the time. I came to love these four women as though they were my sisters."

There are Rivers in the Sky (2024)
Elif Shafak
"Intricate, exhilarating storytelling that is a poetic reminder of how connected we are to one another and to the past."

The Safekeep (2024)
Yael van der Wouden
"Moving, unnerving and deeply sexy."

You Are Here (2024)
David Nicholls
"A beautiful book. Nicholls perfectly judges the balance between humour and pathos. I was often on the verge of tears even when I was laughing."

The Tower (2024)
Flora Carr
"Such a vivid, visceral read, you feel you're locked in the tower alongside the characters, acting out a royal family drama. I am moved and impressed."

The Painter's Daughters (2024)
Emily Howes
"Beautifully written, moving and skillfully handled, The Painter's Daughters is as exquisitely and tenderly rendered as a Gainsborough painting."

The Storm We Made (2024)
Vanessa Chan
"The Storm We Made is brave, funny and immensely moving. One of the most powerful and confident debuts I've ever read. A storytelling star is born!"

Dazzling (2023)
Chịkọdịlị Emelụmadụ
"I am truly dazzled. Emelumadu has revealed surprising layers of our world and given me the eyes to see them."

The Attic Child (2022)
Lola Jaye
"This is important storytelling about issues of race and privilege . . .that will stay with me for a long time."

These Days (2022)
Lucy Caldwell
"What a visceral, powerful, authentic novel! It's hard to believe Lucy Caldwell didn't actually live through the Belfast Blitz, it's so accurately depicted. I felt I was there with the bombs, the blood, the chaos, the fear, and the resilience."

Silence is a Sense (2021)
Layla AlAmmar
"Silence Is a Sense opens the door on lives we need to hear more about. Lyrical, moving, revealing, it made me understand better the very human need for safety and contact."

The Mercies (2020)
Kiran Millwood Hargrave
"A beautifully rendered portrait of a community, a landscape, and a relationship. I read it with equal parts hope and dread."

American Dirt (2020)
Jeanine Cummins
"Tough, powerful... AMERICAN DIRT made me understand better why someone would give up the home they know and love to survive, and the grit required to cross that border."

The Binding (2018)
Bridget Collins
"The Binding is a dark chocolate slice of cake with a surprising, satisfying seam of raspberry running through it. It is a rich, gothic entertainment that explores what books have trapped in them and reminds us of the power of storytelling. Spellbinding."

The End We Start From (2017)
Megan Hunter
"I was moved, terrified, uplifted."

Nelly Dean (2015)
Alison Case
"Richly imagined. Now I wonder how I could have been satisfied with only the original telling."

All True Not a Lie in It (2015)
(Daniel Boone, book 1)
Alix Hawley
"With vivid imagery and a strong, dreamlike voice, Alix Hawley confidently strips away the myth of Daniel Boone to reveal the strange, pulsing man underneath. It is a remarkable feat and a remarkable book."

Symphony (2006)
Jude Morgan
"Wonderful - rich, authentic, beautifully written."

Lydia Cassatt Reading the Morning Paper (2001)
Harriet Scott Chessman
"Lovely, Chessman beautifully captures the rich relationship between sisters."

Bone House (2000)
Betsy Tobin
"Wonderful... poignant and gripping."

A Heart of Stone (2000)
Renate Dorrestein
"Moving, chilling, powerful."

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