Maggie Ritchie
Maggie Ritchie grew up in Zambia and is an award-winning author and journalist who has written for the Daily Mail, Times, Herald and Daily Record. She has an MLitt (Distinction) from the University of Glasgow and her debut novel,ย Paris Kiss (Saraband, 2015), won the Curtis Brown Prize, was runner-up for the Sceptre Prize and was longlisted in the Mslexia First Novel Competition. The German edition appeared on bestseller charts, and the novel has also been translated into Czech. She is also the author ofย Looking for Evelynย (Saraband, 2017)
Paris Kiss
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Bohemian Paris in the 1880s. Exotic, strange and exciting ย especially to young English sculptress Jessie Lipscomb, who joins her friend Camille to become a protรฉgรฉe of the great Auguste Rodin. Jessie and Camille enjoy a passionate friendship and explore the demi-monde of the vibrant city, meeting artists such as Toulouse-Lautrec and the boldly unconventional Rosa Bonheur. But when Rodin and Camille embark on a scandalous affair, Jessie is cast as their unwilling go-between and their friendship unravels. Years later she tracks her down to an insane asylum where Camille tells her an explosive secret ย can their friendship survive the betrayal?
Prizes and awards
Winner of Curtis Brown Prize 2012
REVIEWS OF Paris Kiss
'A triumph of a debut novel.' - Daily Mail
'ยThis makes a touching tale of friendship, love and betrayal set against a colourful backdrop of the Paris art world.'ย - France magazine
'ยJessie'ยs adventures as a woman artist in 1880s Paris completely captivated me. A wonderful story.ย' - Carmen Reid
ย'An intense and satisfying story - an insight into the constraints on passionate and talented women in the Parisien art world at the turn of the century. It will haunt you.ย' - Sara Sheridan
'ยCompelling and seductiveย a rather lovely tale.'ย - Connexion magazine
'ยA beautifully written evocation of the Parisian art scene of the late 1800sย it is a mesmerising canvas of love, friendship and betrayal.'ย - Laura Marney
'Flows from the page like a piece of art.' - Sunday Mirror
