the Orchard, and William Blake in Burning Bright. Memberships Chevalier has been involved in representing authors as a member of various community organizations. In 2006, she began serving as the chairperson for the Management Committee for the UK's Society of Authors, serving in that capacity for two years. She served on the advisory board of the UK's Public Lending Right from 2008 until 2015, while as serving as Patron of World Book Night. Girl with a Pearl Earring was chosen as one of the books given away in both the US and UK for World Book Night 2013. In 2015 she joined the British Library Board as a Trustee. She is also an Ambassador for the Woodland Trust, where her husband serves as a member of the board of directors. Honors and awards 1997: WH Smith Fresh Talent for The Virgin Blue 2000: Barnes and Noble Discover Award for Girl with a Pearl Earring 2008: Fellow, Royal Society of Literature 2013: Ohioana Book Award, for The Last Runaway 2013: Richard and Judy Book Club book for The Last Runaway 2013: Honorary Doctorate, Oberlin College and University of East Anglia Works The Virgin Blue (1997) Girl with a Pearl Earring (1999) Falling Angels (2001) The Lady and the Unicorn (2003) Burning Bright (2007) Remarkable Creatures (2009) The Last Runaway (2013) At the Edge of the Orchard (2016) New Boy (2017) A Single Thread (2019) As editor Twentieth-Century Children's Writers, 3rd edition, St. James Press, 1989, , Reader, I Married Him: Stories Inspired by Jane Eyre, 2016, References External links 1962 births Living people American historical novelists British historical novelists Fellows of the Royal Society of Literature Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School alumni Oberlin College alumni Alumni of the University of East Anglia American expatriates in England Writers from Washington, D.C. 20th-century American novelists 21st-century American novelists 20th-century American women writers American women novelists 21st-century American women writers Women historical novelists