Remarkable Creatures at the Peabody Museum

Tracy Chevalier is a master of historical fiction. Her colossal breakthrough bestseller, Girl with a Pearl Earring, was made into an Oscar-nominated feature film, followed by three more critically acclaimed New York Times bestsellers. Her latest book, Remarkable Creatures, reimagines the life of 19th century British fossil hunter and paleontologist Mary Anning and her unlikely relationship with Elizabeth Philpot, an intellectual, independent member of London's upper middle class who also collected and studied fossils. At the age of twelve Mary Anning found the first complete ichthyosaur specimen, and her later findings include the first two plesiosaur skeletons. Tracy will share what she has learned about Mary Anning's life, her discoveries and the social conditions of the time while doing  the research for Remarkable Creatures.

Book signing to follow.