Tracy Chevalier Books in Order

A reference guide edited by Chevalier that surveys the most important writers of fiction, poetry, and drama for children in the 20th century. It serves as a key resource for librarians, teachers, and scholars of children's literature.

A comprehensive reference guide edited by Chevalier during her early career in publishing. It provides biographical and bibliographical information on significant poets of the contemporary era.

A reference work edited by Chevalier that profiles established and emerging writers from around the globe. The volume includes critical essays and detailed bibliographies for authors working in English and other languages.

A massive reference volume edited by Chevalier that explores the history and development of the essay form. It covers major essayists, specific works, and the evolution of the genre across different cultures.

Ella Turner, an American woman moving to France, begins to experience strange dreams associated with the color blue. Her search for answers leads her to Isabelle du Moulin, a woman born four centuries earlier who was tormented for her connection to the Virgin Mary.

In 17th-century Delft, sixteen-year-old Griet enters the household of the painter Johannes Vermeer as a maid. As she cleans his studio, she becomes quietly entangled in his world of art and light, eventually becoming the subject of his most famous painting.

Two families, the Waterhouses and the Colemans, meet in a London cemetery in 1901 while visiting their plots. As their daughters become friends, the families navigate the changing social tides of the new century, from the suffocating Victorian mournfulness to the rise of the suffragette movement.

In late 15th-century Paris, a nobleman commissions a set of six lavish tapestries. The project brings together a charismatic artist and a family of weavers in Brussels, tangling them in a web of desire, pride, and artistic creation.

The Kellaway family moves from rural Dorset to the bustle of 1792 London, settling next door to the radical poet William Blake. Young Jem Kellaway and his streetwise neighbor Maggie navigate the city's dangers while witnessing the poet's unique and often misunderstood genius.

On the beaches of Lyme Regis, Mary Anning discovers strange fossils that shake the scientific world. Despite the class and gender barriers of 19th-century England, she forms an unlikely but powerful friendship with Elizabeth Philpot, a spinster with her own passion for the natural world.

Honor Bright, a sheltered English Quaker, emigrates to Ohio in 1850 and finds herself overwhelmed by the harsh frontier. When she gets involved with the Underground Railroad, she must decide whether to follow the law or her conscience.

An anthology of short stories by various authors, each inspired by a different object from World War I. Chevalier contributes a story to this collection, helping to bring the history of the conflict to life for younger readers.

In the swamps of Ohio, the Goodenough family struggles to grow an apple orchard, torn between the father's love for sweet eating apples and the mother's need for hard cider. Years later, their son Robert drifts west to California, seeking escape among the giant redwoods.

A short story originally published in the anthology *Reader, I Married Him*. It follows two students walking through the English countryside whose relationship is tested by a misunderstanding involving *Jane Eyre*.

An anthology of short stories edited by Chevalier to mark the bicentenary of Charlotte Brontë's birth. Each story in the collection is inspired by the famous line from *Jane Eyre*, written by some of the best contemporary female authors.

A retelling of Shakespeare's *Othello* set on a Washington, D.C. school playground in the 1970s. When Osei, a diplomat's son and the school's only black student, befriends the popular Dee, a jealous bully orchestrates a playground tragedy.

A book documenting a unique needlework project commissioned by Chevalier and stitched by prisoners in British jails. It features essays and photos exploring the significance of sleep and creativity within the prison system.

In 1932, Violet Speedwell, a "surplus woman" grieving her losses from the Great War, seeks independence in Winchester. She joins a group of broderers embroidering kneelers for the cathedral, finding purpose and community in the intricate work.

Orsola Rosso, a woman born into a glassmaking family on the island of Murano in 1486, defies convention by learning to make glass beads. The novel skips through time, following her ageless life from the Renaissance to the present day.