Tracy Chevalier Q&A: “I genuinely have no idea who to vote for”

The novelist talks The Simpsons, Barack Obama, and a love of trees.

Tracy Chevalier was born in Washington, DC in 1962 and now lives in London. The author of ten novels, she is best known for “Girl with a Pearl Earring”, which was adapted as a film starring Scarlett Johansson and Colin Firth in 2003. What’s your earliest memory?

Walking with my mother to the school gate to pick up my brother and sister. I was riding a little bike with training wheels, and was proud to have got that far. I would have been about four. Who are your heroes?...
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