The Recurring Cast
Character guide · 6 books · 1999 to 2023

Tracy Chevalier

Literary and generalLiterary fiction

Tracy Chevalier writes historical novels about art and craft. Girl with a Pearl Earring imagines the maid who sat for Vermeer's painting; Remarkable Creatures follows the fossil hunters Mary Anning and Elizabeth Philpot.

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Tracy Chevalier books in order

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Novels

6 booksLiterary fiction
  1. 1Girl with a Pearl Earring1999With Griet · Set in DelftBuy on Amazon
  2. 2The Lady and the Unicorn2003With Nicolas des Innocents · Set in ParisBuy on Amazon
  3. 3Remarkable Creatures2009With Mary Anning and Elizabeth Philpot · Set in Lyme RegisBuy on Amazon
  4. 4The Last Runaway2013With Honor Bright · Set in OhioBuy on Amazon
  5. 5A Single Thread2019With Violet Speedwell · Set in WinchesterBuy on Amazon
  6. 6The Glassmaker2023With Orsola Rosso · Set in VeniceBuy on Amazon

Characters

7 recurring and key characters, with the book each one first appears in.

Leads