Jeanette Winterson

Jeanette Winterson

Known for

Writing

Born

August 27, 1959 (age 67)

Birthplace

Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK

Biography

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.

Best known work

Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

1990

Question Time

Question Time

1979

Titanic Sinks Tonight

Titanic Sinks Tonight

2025

Great Moments in Aviation

Great Moments in Aviation

1994

The South Bank Show

The South Bank Show

1978

Screen Two

Screen Two

1985

Queer as Art

Queer as Art

2017

Shakespeare: Rise of a Genius

Shakespeare: Rise of a Genius

2023

Remembers…

Remembers…

2022

Jake Chapman's Accelerate or Die!

Jake Chapman's Accelerate or Die!

2023

Filmography

2026
LS Lowry: The Unheard Tapes
as Self
2025
Titanic Sinks TonightTV
as Self - Expert (4 episodes)
2023
Shakespeare: Rise of a GeniusTV
as Self (2 episodes)
2023
Jake Chapman's Accelerate or Die!
as Self
2022
Inner Polar Bear
Writer
2022
Remembers…TV
as Self (1 episode)
2018
Angela Carter: Of Wolves & Women
as Herself - Contributor
2017
MarciansTV
as Self (1 episode)
2017
Queer as Art
as Self
2012
Jeanette Winterson: My Monster and Me
as Self
2010
Tough Girls Don't Dream
Writer
1994
Great Moments in Aviation
Writer
1990
Oranges Are Not the Only FruitTV
Novel, Writer
1985
Screen TwoTV
Writer
1979
Question TimeTV
as Self - Panellist (3 episodes)
1978
The South Bank ShowTV