Jeanette Winterson

Personal Info

Known For

Writing

Birthday

1959-08-27

Place of Birth

Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK

Jeanette Winterson

Biography

Jeanette Winterson, CBE is an English writer, who became famous with her first book, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, a semi-autobiographical novel about a sensitive teenage girl rebelling against conventional values. Some of her other novels have explored gender polarities and sexual identity.