Michael Peppiatt is a well-known writer and curator whose career as an art critic began in London and Paris in the 1960s. Described by the Art Newspaper as ​"the best art writer of his generation," his previous books include The Existential Englishman, Francis Bacon in Your Blood, Alberto Giacometti in Postwar Paris, Francis Bacon in the 1950s, Francis Bacon: Studies for a Portrait, In Giacometti's Studio and Interviews with Artists, 1966-2012. He is guest curator of the Royal Academy of Arts' exhibition 'Francis Bacon: Man and Beast' (London, 2021).