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Jeanette Winterson

Known for: Writing

Born 27/08/1959

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.