Hermione Eyre

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Hermione Eyre
Born1980 (age 44–45)
Education Rugby School
Alma mater Hertford College, Oxford
Occupation(s)Journalist, novelist
Spouse
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(m. 2012)​
Parents
Writing career
LanguageEnglish
NationalityBritish
GenreHistorical fiction
Notable worksViper Wine
Website
www.hermioneeyre.com

Hermione Eyre (born 1980) is a British journalist, novelist, and former child actor.

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Early life

Hermione Eyre was born in 1980. Her parents were Sir Reginald Eyre, a British Conservative party politician, and Anne Clements. [1] [2] Her godmother was the actress Hermione Gingold, who was a friend of her mother and her namesake. [3]

Eyre studied at Rugby School, joining at the age of 13 in the first year that the school admitted girls. [4]

Eyre read English at Hertford College, Oxford. [5] [6]

After university, Eyre trained as a croupier at the Bermondsey Casino Training Centre, [7] and worked for a year at a London casino, dealing roulette and blackjack. [8]

Career

Acting

At the age of 7, 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. [9]

Aged 12, Eyre acted in her final role – as the Kid Clementina in an episode of the television series Jeeves and Wooster . [10]

Journalism

Eyre worked at The Independent as a staff writer for seven years. She was also a television critic for that newspaper. [11]

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. [12] She has also written for the New Statesman , [13] and The Spectator . [14]

Books

Eyre co-wrote The Dictionary of National Celebrity in 2005. [15]

In 2014, she published a work of historical fiction Viper Wine, featuring Venetia Stanley and Kenelm Digby, [16] which was nominated for the Folio Prize, [17] and short-listed for the Walter Scott Prize. [18] Her novel won the Kitschies: Golden Tentacle award for best debut. [19]

Eyre cites Borges, Dorothy Parker and Charles Dickens as influences. [8]

Personal life

Eyre lives in Archway, London. In 2012, she married Alex Burghart, now a Conservative MP. [20] Their daughter, Sybilla, was born in 2013. [2]

References

  1. ↑ Dodd, Ros (3 July 1999). "Home is where the heart is..." Birmingham Post . Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Who will marry Prince George?". Tatler. 31 October 2013. Archived from the original on 30 March 2014. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  3. ↑ "Botox, Bowie, and Beauty Standards: An inteview [sic] with Hermione Eyre on her debut novel Viper Wine". Archived from the original on 16 October 2015. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
  4. ↑ Eyre, Hermione (5 January 2008). "Was Flashman's world really no place for a girl?". The Independent. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  5. ↑ "Hermione Eyre". British Humanist Association . Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  6. ↑ "Alex Preston, Hermione Eyre, Claire McGowan: three Hertford tutees turned novelists" (PDF). Hertford College Magazine (92): 16. 2012. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  7. ↑ Eyre, Hermione (4 February 2007). "Casino confessional". The Independent. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  8. 1 2 Shea, Lisa (23 April 2015). "A hallucinogenic novel about beauty standards centuries before Botox". Elle. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  9. ↑ Eyre, Hermione (9 December 2007). "Child stars: Here's looking at you, kids". The Independent. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  10. ↑ Taves, Brian (5 July 2006). P.G. Wodehouse and Hollywood: Screenwriting, Satires and Adaptations. McFarland. pp. 194–. ISBN   978-0-7864-8443-0.
  11. ↑ "Hermione Eyre". United Agents. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  12. ↑ "Hermione Eyre". London Evening Standard . Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  13. ↑ "Hermione Eyre". New Statesman. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  14. ↑ "Hermione Eyre". The Spectator. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  15. ↑ Taylor, David J. (16 November 2005). "Reassuring contempt". The Guardian . Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  16. ↑ London: Jonathan Cape. ISBN   9780224097598
  17. ↑ Flood, Alison (15 December 2014). "Folio prize reveals 80 titles in contention for 2015 award". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  18. ↑ Eyre, Charlotte (25 March 2015). "Walter Scott shortlist announced". The Bookseller. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  19. ↑ Flood, Alison (5 March 2015). "Kitschie awards judges overpowered by six-foot praying mantises". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  20. ↑ "Golden Touch". Brides Magazine. 4 February 2012. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
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