Tracy Chevalier
Top-selling author Tracy Chevalier is best known for her globally acclaimed novel Girl with a Pearl Earring, which celebrates its 20th anniversary this year and was made into a successful film starring Colin Firth and Scarlett Johansson. Her tenth novel, A Single Thread, follows Violet – a woman regarded as ‘surplus’ after the First World War. As Violet resolves to make her way in the world, she is drawn into a society of broderers at a time of great social change. Tracy lives in London with her husband and son.
The First
