About

Illitch Real is a French writer and painter based in London, whose fiction explores the darker corners of history and human nature. His Victorian crime novels, including *Requiem on Tabard Street*, bring the streets of Southwark to life through atmospheric mysteries, complex characters and a fascination with power, justice and moral ambiguity. His historical fiction also draws on years of research into the life of his relative, the Russian revolutionary Vladimir Zenzinov. Across his books, he combines close attention to historical detail with stories of people caught between their convictions, their circumstances and the choices that reveal who they are.