Tracy Chevalier's Ted Talks: Finding the Story Inside the Painting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCg2NcGYu34
In this talk, Chevalier discusses how she uses paintings as inspirations for creating stories, and talks about her experience writing Girl with a Pearl Earring.
The Story and Inspiration
http://www.tchevalier.com/gwape/story/index.html
This website provides more information about Vermeer, his works, and Tracy Chevalier's experience becoming interested in the subject and writing her novel.
Girl with a Pearl Earring: About the Painting
http://www.girl-with-a-pearl-earring.info/
Provides a wealth of information about the painting that inspired Chevalier's novel, including information about materials, context, conservation, and recent exhibitions.
The Essential Vermeer
http://www.essentialvermeer.com/
Historical information about Vermeer, his time period, and interactive images of all his paintings.
