'An enjoyable and important account of one of the greatest artists of the surrealist movement whose relevance has only strengthened with time. Moorhead recounts Carrington's life as if a collection of stories, each one building to produce a memorable impression of the eccentric and wonderful Leonora Carrington' - Katy Hessel
Joanna Moorhead is a writer and the cousin of Leonora Carrington. She is a journalist who writes for the Guardian, the Observer, The Times and many other publications. In 2010 she co-curated the touring exhibition 'Surreal Friends' on the work of Leonora Carrington, Remedios Varo and Kati Horna. Her memoir The Surreal Life of Leonora Carrington was published in English and Spanish in 2017 ('as strange and haunting as Leonora Carrington's surrealist paintings', Lynn Barber, The Sunday Times). She is the author of eight other books.