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When servant girl Griet catches his eye, she soon becomes both student and muse. Johannes Vermeer can spot exceptional beauty. But who? What is she thinking as she stares out from one of the world’s best-loved paintings? Born and raised in Washington, D.C., she lives in London with her husband and son.‘Truly magical' Guardian Those eyes are fixed on someone. Entertainment Weekly About the Author Tracy Chevalier is the New York Times bestselling author of seven previous novels, including Girl with a Pearl Earring, which has been translated into thirty-nine languages and made into an Oscar-nominated film. The Wall Street Journal Chevalier has so vividly imagined the life of the painter and his subject. a beautifully written tale thatmirrors the elegance of the painting that inspired it. The New York Times Chevalier brings the real artist Vermeer and a fictional muse to life in a jewel of a novel. Review Quotes creates a world reminiscent of a Vermeer interior: suspended in a particular moment, it transcends its time and place. even as she herself is immortalized in canvas and oil. Girl with a Pearl Earring tells the story of sixteen-year-old Griet, whose life is transformed by her brief encounter with genius. History and fiction merge seamlessly in this luminous novel about artistic vision and sensual awakening. Book Synopsis The New York Times bestselling novel by the author of A Single Thread and At the Edge of the Orchard Translated into thirty-nine languages and made into an Oscar-nominated film, starring Scarlett Johanson and Colin Firth Tracy Chevalier transports readers to a bygone time and place in this richly-imagined portrait of the young woman who inspired one of Vermeers most celebrated paintings.

Girl with a Pearl Earring is the story of 16-year-old Griet, whose life is transformed by her brief encounter with genius, even as she herself is immortalized in canvas and oil. About the Book Chevalier transports readers to a bygone time and place in this richly imagined portrait of the young woman who inspired one of Vermeers most celebrated paintings.