Jeanette Winterson

Jeanette Winterson

Actor · Writer

Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK
August 27, 1959

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.

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Representative Works

LS Lowry: The Unheard Tapes
LS Lowry: The Unheard Tapes
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Great Moments in Aviation
Great Moments in Aviation
4.9
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Queer as Art
Queer as Art
3.3
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Tough Girls Don't Dream
Tough Girls Don't Dream
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Inner Polar Bear
Inner Polar Bear
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Jake Chapman's Accelerate or Die!
Jake Chapman's Accelerate or Die!
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Angela Carter: Of Wolves & Women
Angela Carter: Of Wolves & Women
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Jeanette Winterson: My Monster and Me
Jeanette Winterson: My Monster and Me
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Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

LS Lowry: The Unheard Tapes
2026Nominee

Best Performance

LS Lowry: The Unheard Tapes

Great Moments in Aviation
1994Nominee

Best Writing

Great Moments in Aviation

Queer as Art
2017Nominee

Best Performance

Queer as Art

Career Highlights

Tough Girls Don't Dream
2010Highlight

Best Writing

Tough Girls Don't Dream

Angela Carter: Of Wolves & Women
2018Highlight

Best Performance

Angela Carter: Of Wolves & Women