'Ingenious' THE TIMES,Book of the Month

'Sparkling'OBSERVER

'A triumph... beyond admiration' PHILIP PULLMAN

'Spellbinding.... Chevalier at her fabulous best' ELIF SHAFAK

'As finely wrought as a dazzling Murano bead... one of the reigning queens of historical fiction' INDEPENDENT

'A spectacular feat, crafted by a maestra at the top of her game' SPECTATOR

Tracy Chevalier has been visiting Venice regularly since her honeymoon there thirty years ago. She 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.