Michael Peppiatt left London in 1966 for a job as arts editor at Réalités then Le Monde in Paris, where he lived at the heart of the art and literary world for the following thirty years. In 1985 he bought Art International, relaunching the magazine from his apartment in Paris. Peppiatt is the author of a dozen books, including Francis Bacon: Anatomy of an Enigma, In Giacometti’s Studio, Interviews With Artists, and the acclaimed memoir, Francis Bacon in Your Blood.Patrice Cotensin is an independent publisher based in Paris. He set up L'Echoppe some thirty years ago and has since published around 300 titles devoted mostly to 19th- and 20th-century artists, with an emphasis on their own writings and correspondence as well as biographical accounts by those who knew them.

Praise for Francis Bacon in Your Blood:The best art memoir published in years.

Michael Peppiatt left London in 1966 for a job as arts editor at Réalités then Le Monde in Paris, where he lived at the heart of the art and literary world for the following thirty years. In 1985 he bought Art International, relaunching the magazine from his apartment in Paris. Peppiatt is the author of a dozen books, including Francis Bacon: Anatomy of an Enigma, In Giacometti’s Studio, Interviews With Artists, and the acclaimed memoir, Francis Bacon in Your Blood.Patrice Cotensin is an independent publisher based in Paris. He set up L'Echoppe some thirty years ago and has since published around 300 titles devoted mostly to 19th- and 20th-century artists, with an emphasis on their own writings and correspondence as well as biographical accounts by those who knew them.

Praise for Francis Bacon in Your Blood:The best art memoir published in years.