ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Janet Gleeson, author of the number-one Times (London) bestseller The Arcanum, was born in Sri Lanka and has a degree in art history and English. She has worked at Sotheby’s Impressionist Paintings Department and at Bonham’s Auctioneers, running the Old Masters Painting Department. She was an art and antiques correspondent for House & Garden for seven years, has been an editor at Reed Books, and has written for The Antiques Collector and many other magazines. She lives in London.