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Tracy Chevalier signing books at the Edinburgh International Book Festival
Tracy Chevalier signing books at the Edinburgh International Book Festival

Tracy Chevalier (born October 1962 in Washington, DC) is a bestselling historical novelist. The Edinburgh International Book Festival, is a Book festival that takes place in the last three weeks of August every year (in the midst of the general Edinburgh October events and holidays Children's Book Week ( England) - First Week of October National Day ( China People's Republic Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D An historical novel is a Novel in which the story is set among historical events or more generally in which the time of the action predates the lifetime of the Author She is of Romande Swiss descent (with possible French Huguenot ancestry) on her father's side, and lives in London with her husband and son. The Linguistic geography of Switzerland is on the main tripartite with the Swiss German region ( Deutschschweiz) in the northeast Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. The Huguenots were members of the Protestant Reformed Church of France (or French Calvinists) from the sixteenth to the eighteenth London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom.

Chevalier was raised in Washington, D.C and graduated from Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School in Bethesda, Maryland. Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School (B-CC is a Montgomery County, Maryland, USA, Public school named for two of the towns it serves along with Bethesda is an Unincorporated area in southern Montgomery County Maryland, just Northwest of Washington D After receiving her B.A. in English from Oberlin College, she moved to England in 1984 where she worked several years as a reference book editor. Oberlin College is a private Liberal arts college in Oberlin Ohio. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Leaving her job in 1993, she began a year long M.A. program in creative writing at the University of East Anglia. A Master of Arts ( Latin: Magister Artium) is a Postgraduate academic Master's degree awarded by universities in a large The University of East Anglia's Creative Writing Course was founded by Sir Malcolm Bradbury and Sir Angus Wilson in 1970 The University of East Anglia is a campus-based University located in Norwich, England, and founded in 1963 Her tutors on the course were novelists Malcolm Bradbury and Rose Tremain. Sir Malcolm Stanley Bradbury CBE ( September 7, 1932, Sheffield, England &ndash November 27, 2000) was a Rose Tremain CBE (born August 2, 1943) is an English author Life Rose Tremain was born Rosemary Jane Thomson on August

Her most recent book, published in March 2007, is Burning Bright and concerns two children who become neighbours of William Blake in London in 1792. William Blake (28 November 1757 – 12 August 1827 was an English poet, painter, and Printmaker. Her career began with the book The Virgin Blue but she became well known with her novel Girl with a Pearl Earring, a book based on the creation of the famous painting by Vermeer. Girl with a Pearl Earring is a 1999 historical novel written by Tracy Chevalier. The painting Girl with a Pearl Earring ( Het Meisje met de Parel) is one of Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer 's masterworks and as the Johannes or Jan Vermeer (baptized in Delft with the name Joannis on October 31 1632, and buried in the same city under the name Jan The film based on the novel received three Academy Award nominations in 2004. Girl with a Pearl Earring is a 2003 United Kingdom / Luxembourg Drama film directed by Peter Webber. "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again "

As well as writing books, Chevalier is Chair of the UK's Society of Authors. The Society of Authors (UK is a Trade union for professional writers that was founded in 1884 to protect the rights of Writers and fight to retain those

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