Jessie Burton | |
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 Jessie Burton, at Bloomsbury publishers, April 2018 | |
| Born | Jessica Kathryn Burton 17 August 1982 |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Central School of Speech and Drama University of Oxford |
| Occupation(s) | Author, actress |
Jessica Kathryn Burton (born 17 August 1982)[1] is an English author; As of 2022[update], she has published four novels, The Miniaturist, The Muse, The Confession, The House of Fortune and two books for children, The Restless Girls and Medusa. All four adult novels were Sunday Times best-sellers, with The Miniaturist, The Muse and The House of Fortune reaching no. 1, and both The Miniaturist and The Muse were New York Times best-sellers, and Radio 4's Books at Bedtime. Collectively her novels have been published in almost 40 languages.[2] Her short stories have been published in Harpers Bazaar US and Stylist.[3]
Burton is also a non-fiction writer. Her essays have been published in The Wall Street Journal, The Independent, Vogue, Elle, Red, Grazia, Lonely Planet Traveller and The Spectator.[3]
- ^ Inside back cover of 2015 Picador UK paperback edition of The Miniaturist
- ^ "Home is where the heart is: Anita Sethi on Jessie Burton's books".
- ^ a b "Jessie Burton". Jessie Burton. Retrieved 9 February 2018.