- A lifelong lover of art, Winterson's favorite museum is the Musée de Cluny in Paris (France).
- She was awarded the O.B.E. (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2006 Queen's New Year's Honours List for her services to literature.
- In the Independent on Sunday 2006 Pink List - a list of the most influential gay men and women - she came no. 46, up from no. 61.
- Attended Oxford University with future actress/producer Vicky Licorish. She is godmother to Licorish's two daughters, Eleanor and Cara.
- She was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2018 Queen's Birthday Honours List for her services to Literature. She is a writer in Gloucestershire, England.
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