"I read a lot of fantasy. I adored 'Anne of Green Gables'. But my favourite books as a child were probably Laura Ingalls Wilder's 'Little House' series, about a pioneer family in the mid-19th-century American west. I often thought of them as I was writing 'The Last Runaway'."

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Source: Tracy Chevalier: 'Slavery has to be raised until it's put to bed'. Interview with Robert McCrum, www.theguardian.com. March 16, 2013.

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Tracy Chevalier is a British-American author known for her historical novels, including 'Girl with a Pearl Earring,' which explores themes of art and identity.

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