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Tracy Chevalier

American Novelist

Born: Oct 19, 1962

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Related authors: Elie Wiesel Ernest Hemingway H. P. Lovecraft James Baldwin John Updike Leo Rosten Nathaniel Hawthorne Richard Bach

Younger women tend to be busier, wearing more layers and more make-up. I don't know if it's because older women are more confident, or just that we don't care any more. But that pared-down approach is the same with the sentences I write; I take out adjectives and adverbs and keep the description to a minimum. Tracy Chevalier

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As a reader, I happen to like turning pages and wanting to know what happens next. Tracy Chevalier

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Normally book ideas come to me in a moment. Tracy Chevalier

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My writing routine is: get son off to school and sit down at 8 A.M. I read what I wrote the day before, and then write longhand, into a notebook. I prefer paper and pen because it feels closer to my brain. Tracy Chevalier

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