特蕾西·舍瓦利耶

特蕾西·萝丝·舍瓦利耶（英语：Tracy Rose Chevalier，1962年10月19日—）是一名畅销历史小说家。现在与她丈夫及两名孩子在英国伦敦生活。

生平

她出生于美国华盛顿首府，在马里兰州的贝塞斯达完成了高中之后，在欧柏林大学获得了英文学士学位。她在1984年移民英国并从事参考书编辑的工作。在1993年她决定离职并在东安格利亚大学就读了一年的写作硕士学位。

她在1997年出版了第一本作品 《The Virgin Blue》，但是她在两年后推出的《戴珍珠耳环的少女》才真正让她为大众熟悉。故事的主线围绕在十七世纪荷兰画家扬·弗美尔的名画《戴珍珠耳环的少女》而展开，而改编自该小说的同名电影更于2004年获得三项奥斯卡金像奖提名。

Tracy Rose Chevalier (born 19 October 1962) is an American-British novelist. She is best known for her second novel, Girl with a Pearl Earring, which was adapted as a 2003 film starring Scarlett Johansson and Colin Firth.

Personal background

Chevalier was born on 19 October 1962, in Washington, D.C. She is the daughter of Douglas and Helen (née Werner) Chevalier. Her father was a photographer who worked with The Washington Post for more than 30 years. Chevalier has a sister and a brother. As of 2022, Chevalier lives in London with her husband, Jonathan Drori.

She graduated from Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School in Bethesda, Maryland, in 1980. After receiving her bachelor's degree in English from Oberlin College in 1984, she moved to England, where she began working in publishing. In 1993, she began studying Creative Writing, earning a master's degree from the University of East Anglia. Her tutors included novelists Malcolm Bradbury and Rose Tremain.

Professional background

Following her graduation from Oberlin College, Chevalier moved to England, where she began working as an editorial assistant with Macmillan's Dictionary of Art, then later joined St. James Press, serving as a reference book editor.

Her first novel, The Virgin Blue, was published in the UK in 1997 and was chosen by W H Smith for their showcase of new authors. Her second novel, Girl with a Pearl Earring, was published in 1999. The work, which was based on the famous painting by Vermeer, has been translated into 38 languages. As of 2014, it has sold over five million copies worldwide.

It won the Barnes & Noble Discover Award in 2000. In 2003, a film based on the novel was released, receiving three Academy Award nominations in 2004, along with ten BAFTAs and two Golden Globes. Her 2013 novel, The Last Runaway, was honored with the Ohioana Book Award and was chosen for the Richard and Judy Book Club for autumn 2013.

In 2011, Chevalier edited and contributed to Why Willows Weep, a collection of short stories by 19 authors, the sale of which raised money for the Woodland Trust, for which her husband served as a trustee.

In 2025 she was a literary guest at the unveiling of a statue of Sylvia Townsend Warner in Dorchester in December 2025.

Other of her works that feature historical figures as characters include William Lobb and Johnny Appleseed in At the Edge of the Orchard, and William Blake in Burning Bright, and Louisa Pesel in A Single Thread.

Memberships

Chevalier has been involved in representing authors as a member of various community organizations. In 2004, she began serving as the chairperson for the Management Committee for the UK's Society of Authors, serving in that capacity for four years. Girl with a Pearl Earring was chosen as one of the books given away in both the US and UK for World Book Night 2013. In 2015, she joined the British Library board as a Trustee. She is also an ambassador for the Woodland Trust, where her husband serves as a member of the board of directors.

Honors and awards

1997: WH Smith Fresh Talent for The Virgin Blue

2000: Barnes & Noble Discover Award for Girl with a Pearl Earring

2008: Fellow, Royal Society of Literature

2013: Ohioana Book Award, for The Last Runaway

2013: Richard and Judy Book Club book for The Last Runaway

2013: Honorary Doctorate, Oberlin College and University of East Anglia

Works

The Virgin Blue (1997) ISBN 978-0452284449

Girl with a Pearl Earring (1999) ISBN 978-0525945277

Falling Angels (2001) ISBN 978-0525945819

The Lady and the Unicorn (2003) ISBN 978-0007140909

Burning Bright (2007) ISBN 978-0007245130

Remarkable Creatures (2009) ISBN 978-0007178377

The Last Runaway (2013) ISBN 978-0525952992

At the Edge of the Orchard (2016) ISBN 978-0007350407

New Boy (2017) ISBN 978-0553447637

A Single Thread (2019) ISBN 978-0008153816

The Glassmaker (2024) ISBN 978-0525558279

As editor

Twentieth-Century Children's Writers, 3rd edition, St. James Press, 1989, ISBN 0912289953, LCCN 90-171621

Reader, I Married Him: Stories Inspired by Jane Eyre, 2016, ISBN 978-0008150570