Saturday, July 5, 2025

Jeanette Winterson


Jeanette Winterson (1959 -     )
English author, broadcaster and educator;
her first novel Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (1985)
was a literary sensation and later made into a TV miniseries;
the literary career which followed has made her
one of Britain's most distinguished modern writers;
awards include the Whitbread Prize for a First Novel,
a BAFTA Award for Best Drama, the E. M. Forster Award
and the Lambda Literary Award twice.

1 comment:

  1. She's wonderful. Remember her very mismatched adoptive mother wondering why be happy when you could be normal? Sad home life there.

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