Jessie Burton
About the author

Jessie Burton

Jessie Burton was born in 1982 and went to school in south London. Her favourite subjects were story-writing, sleeping and ice-cream eating. After studying at Oxford University, the highlight of which was playing a rose and a fox in The Little Prince, she went on to the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. She worked hard for nine years as an actress and a PA before her first novel, The Miniaturist, was published. The Miniaturist was translated into over thirty languages and has sold over a million copies around the world. Her second novel, The Muse, was published in July 2016 and is also a no.1 bestseller. She shares her home with a cat called Margot and some very nice friends – some real, others quite imagined.

Books by Jessie Burton

Jessie Burton Articles

Kids & YA Favourites: Better Reading’s Stories Behind the Story Podcast

Podcast

2 September 2022

Kids & YA Favourites: Better Reading’s Stories Behind the Story Podcast

Medusa... Monster or Misunderstood? Read an Extract from Medusa by Jessie Burton, Illustrated by Olivia Lomenech Gill

Review | Extract

15 November 2021

Medusa... Monster or Misunderstood? Read an Extract from Medusa by Jessie Burton, Illustrated by Olivia Lomenech Gill

Podcast: Jessie Burton on Retelling the Story of Medusa

Podcast

11 November 2021

Podcast: Jessie Burton on Retelling the Story of Medusa

    A Powerful Mythological Retelling: Read Our Review of Medusa by Jessie Burton

    Review | Our Review

    9 November 2021

    A Powerful Mythological Retelling: Read Our Review of Medusa by Jessie Burton

    A Sparkling Whirl of a Story: Jessie Burton on why she chose to revise The Twelve Dancing Princesses

    Kids & Ya

    30 October 2018

    A Sparkling Whirl of a Story: Jessie Burton on why she chose to revise The Twelve Dancing Princesses

    Feminist Fairy Tale: Read an extract from The Restless Girls by Jessie Burton

    Kids & Ya

    30 October 2018

    Feminist Fairy Tale: Read an extract from The Restless Girls by Jessie Burton

    Liberating The Princesses! : Review of The Restless Girls by Jessie Burton, illustrated by Angela Barrett

    Kids & Ya

    30 October 2018

    Liberating The Princesses! : Review of The Restless Girls by Jessie Burton, illustrated by Angela Barrett