Vintage Minis bring you the world's greatest writers on the experiences that make us human - from birth to death and everything in between
Jeanette Winterson OBE was born in Manchester. Adopted by
Pentecostal parents she was raised to be a missionary. This did and
didn't work out.
Discovering early the power of books she left home at 16 to live in
a Mini and get on with her education. After graduating from Oxford
University she worked for a while in the theatre and published her
first novel at 25. Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit is based
on her own upbringing but using herself as a fictional character.
She scripted the novel into a BAFTA-winning BBC drama. 27 years
later she re-visited that material in the bestselling memoir Why
Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? She has written 10 novels
for adults, as well as children's books, non-fiction and
screenplays. She writes regularly for the Guardian. She
lives in the Cotswolds in a wood and in Spitalfields, London.
She believes that art is for everyone and it is her mission to
prove it.
Imagine our joy when Vintage announced that it is publishing a collection of easily digestible books from the world's most celebrated writers on the experiences that make us human... They look good and read well. That's win/win in our book. * Stylist *
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