Tracy Chevalier

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

Life

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

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

When publishing books list was published in 1999 The Girl with a Pearl Earring ( Original title: Girl With a Pearl Earring), which she wrote in just eight months of 1998. Two weeks later, she got her son. The novel was one of the most successful books of the year and was in 2003 by British director Peter Webber filmed ( German release title: The Girl with a Pearl Earring ).

Tracy Chevalier lives with her husband and her son in London.

Works in German translation

• 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. ) List Verlag, Munich 2000, ISBN 3-471-77250-2; Ullsteinhaus paperback publishing house, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-548-60069-7
• When angels fall ( Falling Angels. ) List Verlag, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-471-77253-7; Ullsteinhaus 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 Paperback -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 girlfriend. ( The Last Runaway. ) Knaus Verlag, Munich 2013, ISBN 978-3-8135-0595-5