(Manchester, 1959). Jeanette Winterson OBE is the author of ten novels, including
Oranges are Not the Only Fruit, The Passion and
Sexing the Cherry; a book of short stories,
The World and Other Places; a collection of essays,
Art Objects as well as many other works, including children’s books, screenplays and journalism. Her writing has won the Whitbread Award for Best First Novel, the John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize, the E. M. Forster Award and the Prix d'argent at Cannes Film Festival. Her latest novel
Why be happy when you could be normal? was published in 2012.