Tracy Chevalier rose to fame as the authour of the book on the subject of the creation of the painting Girl with a Pearl Earring by Vermeer. She was born in October 1962, is married to an Englishman and has a son.

Leaving her job as a reference book editor in 1993, she began a MA in creative writing at the University of East Anglia. Her tutors on the course were Malcolm Bradbury and Rose Tremain.

She is currently working on a book about William Blake.

I am now researching the next novel, which will be about the painter/poet/all-round-radical Englishman William Blake and the effect he had on his neighbors. If I can keep on track, I hope to have the book published in Autumn 2006/Winter 2007. (extracted from the official website).

Published Works

• The Lady and the Unicorn
• Falling Angels
• Girl with a Pearl Earring
• The Virgin Blue

External Links

• Official Website (http://www.tchevalier.com/)
• Book Review (http://www.hirohurl.net/chevalier.html)