Justine Picardie

Author; Sunday Telegraph Magazine columnist & former features editor, British Vogue

Justine Picardie is a bestselling author, Sunday Telegraph Magazine columnist and former features editor of British Vogue. She has spent the last decade puzzling over the truth about Coco Chanel. In her acclaimed biography published in 2010 she unravelled the history of the incredible woman who created the way we look now. Picardie brings the mysterious Gabrielle Chanel out of hiding, to celebrate her great achievements, at the same time as casting a clear eye over her transgressions. She is the author of two novels and four non-fiction titles including 2002’s bestselling non-fiction memoir, If The Spirit Moves You, her first novel, Wish I May, and Daphne.