Louisa Treger

Louisa Treger is the acclaimed author of four novels, including Madwoman (2022) which was a historical fiction Book of the Year in The Times and The Sunday Times, and The Paris Muse (2024). She has written for The Times, The Telegraph, Tatler, BBC History Magazine and English Heritage. She has a First Class degree and a PhD in English Literature from UCL, and currently lives in London.

Dora Maar was a photographer, painter and poet, but is probably most famous as Pablo Picasso's lover and muse. Author Louisa Treger captures the complexity of this artist and muse relationship  in her novel, The Paris Muse. She is joined by Sophie Clifton Tucker to discuss the impact Maar and  Picasso had on each other's life and work, an impact that nearly destroyed her.