Person

Jeanette Winterson

Writing · Born 1959-08-27 · Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK

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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  Question Time

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  Screen Two

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  Marcians

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  Remembers…

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  Titanic Sinks Tonight

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  Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

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  Tough Girls Don't Dream

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  Great Moments in Aviation

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  LS Lowry: The Unheard Tapes

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• Jake Chapman's Accelerate or Die!

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• 2026LS Lowry: The Unheard TapesSelf
• 2025Titanic Sinks TonightSelf - Expert
• 2023Jake Chapman's Accelerate or Die!Self
• 2022Inner Polar BearWriter
• 2022Remembers…Self
• 2018Angela Carter: Of Wolves & WomenHerself - Contributor
• 2017MarciansSelf
• 2017Queer as ArtSelf
• 2012Jeanette Winterson: My Monster and MeSelf
• 2010Tough Girls Don't DreamWriter
• 1994Great Moments in AviationWriter
• 1990Oranges Are Not the Only FruitNovel
• 1985Screen TwoWriter
• 1979Question TimeSelf - Panellist