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Tracy Chevalier announced as First Story Ambassador

11 February 2022 //  by First Story

Best selling novelist Tracy Chevalier is the latest high profile writer to support First Story as an Ambassador. She joins the celebrated YA author Patrice Lawrence MBE in the role, to help champion First Story’s work with young people and promote the pleasure and power of creative writing.

Tracy Chevalier FRSL is the author of ten novels, including the international bestseller Girl with a Pearl Earring, which has sold over five million copies, been translated into 43 languages, and made into a successful Hollywood film. Chevalier’s 2017 novel New Boy retells Shakespeare’s Othello, following four eleven-year-olds in a 1970s’ suburban Washington schoolyard, as love, jealously and betrayal threaten their friendships. Chevalier grew up in Washington DC and moved to the UK in the 1980s, where she lives in London and Dorset.

First Story does impressive things with young people, helping them to express their creativity without the worry of being examined for it! It would be wonderful if every UK school had a First Story programme. I am delighted to add my voice as an Ambassador to bring more attention to First Story’s essential work.

Tracy Chevalier

We are thrilled that Tracy Chevalier has joined Patrice Lawrence as a First Story Ambassador. Her incredible achievement as a writer will be an inspiration to our young writers. She is a master storyteller. Her thoughtfulness and real commitment make her a delight to work with. I am sure her support will bring huge benefits to First Story and we are so excited and honoured she has chosen to work with us.

Antonia Byatt, CEO of First Story

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