The Penguin Speakers Bureau

Internationally known bestselling author Susan Vreeland, three-time winner of the Theodor Seuss Geisel Award, is known for historical fiction on art-related themes. In her latest novel, LUNCHEON OF THE BOATING PARTY, Vreeland brings to vivid life the fourteen subjects in Renoir’s painting, which is recognized and loved all over the world as the apogee of Impressionist figure painting. GIRL IN HYACINTH BLUE (1999, finalist for Book Sense Book of the Year) traces an alleged Vermeer painting through the centuries, revealing its influence on those who possessed it. It has become part of the curriculum for many schools and universities, and was made into a Hallmark Hall of Fame movie. THE PASSION OF ARTEMISIA (2002) illuminates the inner life of Artemisia Gentileschi, Italian Baroque painter and the first woman to make her living solely by her brush. THE FOREST LOVER (2004) follows the rebel Canadian painter Emily Carr into the British Columbia wilderness to paint the native totemic carvings of the people she loved. Her story collection, LIFE STUDIES (2005), reveals Impressionist and post-Impressionist painters from points of view of people who knew them and shows that ordinary people can have profound encounters with art. Vreeland’s novels have been translated into twenty-five languages.

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