Hermione Eyre

Hermione Eyre
Occupation Journalist, novelist
Language English
Nationality British
Alma mater Hertford College, Oxford
Genre Historical fiction
Notable works Viper Wine
Website
www.hermioneeyre.com

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

  1. Dodd, Ros (July 3, 1999). "Home is where the heart is...". Birmingham Post. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Who will marry Prince George?". Tatler. October 31, 2013. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
  3. Eyre, Hermione (January 5, 2008). "Was Flashman's world really no place for a girl?". The Independent. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
  4. "Hermione Eyre". British Humanist Association. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
  5. "Alex Preston, Hermione Eyre, Claire McGowan: three Hertford tutees turned novelists" (PDF). Hertford College Magazine (92): 16. 2012. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
  6. Eyre, Hermione (February 4, 2007). "Casino confessional". The Independent. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
  7. 1 2 Shea, Lisa (April 23, 2015). "A hallucinogenic novel about beauty standards centuries before Botox". Elle. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
  8. Eyre, Hermione (December 9, 2007). "Child stars: Here's looking at you, kids". The Independent. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
  9. Taves, Brian (5 July 2006). P.G. Wodehouse and Hollywood: Screenwriting, Satires and Adaptations. McFarland. pp. 194–. ISBN 978-0-7864-8443-0.
  10. "Hermione Eyre". United Agents. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
  11. "Hermione Eyre". London Evening Standard. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
  12. "Hermione Eyre". New Statesman. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
  13. "Hermione Eyre". The Spectator. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
  14. Taylor, David J. (November 16, 2005). "Reassuring contempt". The Guardian. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
  15. London: Jonathan Cape. ISBN 9780224097598
  16. Flood, Alison (December 15, 2014). "Folio prize reveals 80 titles in contention for 2015 award". The Guardian. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
  17. Eyre, Charlotte (March 25, 2015). "Walter Scott shortlist announced". The Bookseller. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
  18. "Golden Touch". Brides Magazine. February 4, 2012. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
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