Tracy Chevalier is the author of eight novels, including At
the Edge of the Orchard, The Last Runaway, Remarkable
Creatures and the international bestseller Girl with a Pearl
Earring. She first read Jane Eyre when studying for her
English Literature BA at Oberlin College. Her favourite part is when Jane has to sleep rough for a few days until she finds refuge with the Rivers family.

Tracy Chevalier is the author of eleven novels, including A Single Thread, Remarkable Creatures and Girl with a Pearl Earring, an international bestseller that has sold over five million copies and been made into a film, a play and an opera. Born in Washington DC, she moved to the United Kingdom in 1986. She and her husband divide their time between London and Dorset.