Justine Picardie is a journalist and author of six books, including the critically acclaimed memoir, If the Spirit Moves You: Life and Love After Death, the international bestseller Coco Chanel: The Legend and the Life and her most recent, Miss Dior: A Story of Courage and Couture, a biography of the sister of legendary fashion designer Christian Dior, published in 2021.

Formerly an investigative journalist for the Sunday Times, columnist for The Telegraph, editor of the Observer Magazine and features director of Vogue, she is currently a contributing editor to Harper’s Bazaar UK, where she previously served as editor-in-chief.