Hermione Eyre
| Hermione Eyre | |
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| Occupation | Journalist, novelist |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Hertford College, Oxford |
| Genre | Historical fiction |
| Notable works | Viper Wine |
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Hermione Eyre (born 1980) is a British journalist, novelist, and former child actor.
Early life
Hermione Eyre was born in 1980. Her parents are Reginald Eyre, a British Conservative party politician, and Anne Clements.[1][2]
Eyre studied at Rugby School, joining at the age of 13 in the first year that the school began to admit girls.[3]
Eyre read English at Hertford College, Oxford.[4][5]
After university, Eyre trained as a croupier at the Bermondsey Casino Training Centre,[6] and worked for a year at a London casino, dealing roulette and blackjack.[7]
Career
Acting
At the age of seven, Eyre acted in About Face, a sitcom with Maureen Lipman. She also acted as a young Agatha Christie in a BBC production. In 1990, Eyre obtained a role as Zinnie in the film The Children with Kim Novak and Ben Kingsley.[8]
Aged twelve, Eyre acted in her final role – as the Kid Clementina in an episode of the television series Jeeves and Wooster.[9]
Journalism
Eyre worked at The Independent as a staff writer for seven years. She was also a television critic for that newspaper.[10]
Eyre is known for her long-form interviews with celebrities, publishing her works in the London Evening Standard Magazine, where she is a contributing editor.[11] She has also written for the New Statesman,[12] and The Spectator[13]
Books
Eyre co-wrote The Dictionary of National Celebrity in 2005.[14]
In 2014, she published a work of historical fiction Viper Wine, featuring Venetia Stanley and Kenelm Digby,[15] which was nominated for the Folio Prize,[16] and short-listed for the Walter Scott Prize.[17]
Eyre cites Borges, Dorothy Parker and Charles Dickens as influences.[7]
Personal life
Eyre lives in Archway, London. In 2012, she married Alex Burghart.[18] Their daughter, Sybilla, was born in 2013.[2]
References
- ↑ Dodd, Ros (July 3, 1999). "Home is where the heart is...". Birmingham Post. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
- 1 2 "Who will marry Prince George?". Tatler. October 31, 2013. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
- ↑ Eyre, Hermione (January 5, 2008). "Was Flashman's world really no place for a girl?". The Independent. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
- ↑ "Hermione Eyre". British Humanist Association. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
- ↑ "Alex Preston, Hermione Eyre, Claire McGowan: three Hertford tutees turned novelists" (PDF). Hertford College Magazine (92): 16. 2012. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
- ↑ Eyre, Hermione (February 4, 2007). "Casino confessional". The Independent. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
- 1 2 Shea, Lisa (April 23, 2015). "A hallucinogenic novel about beauty standards centuries before Botox". Elle. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
- ↑ Eyre, Hermione (December 9, 2007). "Child stars: Here's looking at you, kids". The Independent. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
- ↑ Taves, Brian (5 July 2006). P.G. Wodehouse and Hollywood: Screenwriting, Satires and Adaptations. McFarland. pp. 194–. ISBN 978-0-7864-8443-0.
- ↑ "Hermione Eyre". United Agents. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
- ↑ "Hermione Eyre". London Evening Standard. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
- ↑ "Hermione Eyre". New Statesman. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
- ↑ "Hermione Eyre". The Spectator. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
- ↑ Taylor, David J. (November 16, 2005). "Reassuring contempt". The Guardian. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
- ↑ London: Jonathan Cape. ISBN 9780224097598
- ↑ Flood, Alison (December 15, 2014). "Folio prize reveals 80 titles in contention for 2015 award". The Guardian. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
- ↑ Eyre, Charlotte (March 25, 2015). "Walter Scott shortlist announced". The Bookseller. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
- ↑ "Golden Touch". Brides Magazine. February 4, 2012. Retrieved June 16, 2015.