James Cahill

Dr James Cahill is an author, critic and art historian. His debut novel, Tiepolo Blue – published in 2022 in the UK by Sceptre Books – was shortlisted in 2023 for the Author’s Club Best First Novel Award, and was selected in autumn 2024 for the Queen’s Reading Room, the book club of H.M. Queen Camilla (“An electric new novel” – Guardian; “Startlingly impressive” – Daily Mail; “Divine . . . the smart, sexy read you need” – Evening Standard). His second novel, The Violet Hour, was published in February 2025 (“An enthrallingly intricate novel” – Guardian; “Lucid and evocative” – Daily Telegraph; “Soapy and satisfying” – Observer; “A twisty mystery propelled by sex and satire” – Mail on Sunday). He contributes to publications including Artforum, the Brooklyn Rail, the Burlington Magazine, the Los Angeles Review of Books, the London Review of Books, the Spectator, the Times Literary Supplement and the Daily Telegraph. Based between London and Los Angeles, he is currently writing a book on David Hockney’s 1967 painting, ‘Beverly Hills Housewife’.