Hermione Eyre Explained

Hermione Eyre
Occupation:Journalist, novelist
Language:English
Nationality:British
Alma Mater:Hertford College, Oxford
Genre:Historical fiction
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Notableworks: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 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]

Notes and References

  1. News: Home is where the heart is.... Birmingham Post. 3 July 1999. Dodd. Ros. 16 June 2015.
  2. Tatler. Who will marry Prince George?. 31 October 2013. 16 June 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20140330044209/http://www.tatler.com/news/articles/october-2013/who-will-marry-prince-george. 30 March 2014. live.
  3. Web site: Botox, Bowie, and Beauty Standards: An }} with Hermione Eyre on her debut novel Viper Wine ]. 17 December 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151016025919/http://thestake.org/2015/09/17/botox-bowie-and-beauty-standards-an-inteview-with-hermione-eyre-on-her-debut-novel-viper-wine/ . 16 October 2015.
  4. News: The Independent. Eyre. Hermione. Was Flashman's world really no place for a girl?. 5 January 2008. 16 June 2015.
  5. Web site: Hermione Eyre. British Humanist Association. 16 June 2015.
  6. Alex Preston, Hermione Eyre, Claire McGowan: three Hertford tutees turned novelists. 92. Hertford College Magazine. 2012. 16 June 2015. 16.
  7. News: The Independent. Hermione. Eyre. Casino confessional. 4 February 2007. 16 June 2015.
  8. Elle. A hallucinogenic novel about beauty standards centuries before Botox. Shea. Lisa. 23 April 2015. 16 June 2015.
  9. News: The Independent. Child stars: Here's looking at you, kids. 9 December 2007. Hermione. Eyre. 16 June 2015.
  10. Book: Taves, Brian . P.G. Wodehouse and Hollywood: Screenwriting, Satires and Adaptations. 5 July 2006. McFarland. 978-0-7864-8443-0. 194–.
  11. Web site: Hermione Eyre. United Agents. 16 June 2015.
  12. News: London Evening Standard. Hermione Eyre. 16 June 2015.
  13. Web site: Hermione Eyre. New Statesman. 16 June 2015.
  14. Web site: The Spectator. Hermione Eyre. 16 June 2015.
  15. News: The Guardian. Reassuring contempt. Taylor. David J.. 16 November 2005. 16 June 2015.
  16. London: Jonathan Cape.
  17. News: The Guardian. Folio prize reveals 80 titles in contention for 2015 award. Flood. Alison. 15 December 2014. 16 June 2015.
  18. Web site: Walter Scott shortlist announced. Eyre. Charlotte. 25 March 2015. 16 June 2015. The Bookseller.
  19. News: The Guardian. Kitschie awards judges overpowered by six-foot praying mantises. Flood. Alison. 5 March 2015. 9 February 2024.
  20. Brides Magazine. Golden Touch. 4 February 2012. 16 June 2015.

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