Framegate

Jeanette Winterson

Known for Writing

Jeanette Winterson
Born August 27, 1959
Place of Birth 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.