Jeanette Winterson

Known for

Writing

Born

August 27, 1959

Birthplace

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.