Jeanette Winterson
Writing
Born
27 August 1959 (66)
Place of Birth
Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK
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.