Carol Orange has worked in the art world for more than twenty years. She began as a research editor on art books in London and later became an art dealer in Boston.
She lived in Paris for two years, where she researched George Sand's life and writing. Her short story "Delicious Dates" was included in Warren Adler's 2010 short story anthology. Another story, "Close Call," appeared in the
Atherton Review. She currently lives in Chicago near her daughter and her family.
A Discerning Eye is her first book.
At CrimeReads, Orange tagged
seven great art heist novels, including:
Carson Morton, Stealing Mona Lisa
Multi-talented Carson Morton (writer, musician, children’s book author and illustrator) is a man obsessed with the thefts of Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa. He has written two art heist novels on the subject. The first one, Stealing Mona Lisa, was a big success. It was published in 2011, 
exactly one hundred years after the actual crime took place at the Louvre. The story follows Eduardo de Valfierno, a strangely likeable charlatan who makes his living selling forgeries of masterpieces to clients who believe they are receiving the original paintings. Valfierno begins his career in his birthplace of Buenos Aires, but he assembles his team of con artists in 1911 Paris for their final and most ambitious theft, one that he hopes will enable them to leave the game forever: Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa. Morton’s descriptions of early twentieth century Paris are cinematic and his language is poetic at times. My favorite character, Valfierno’s partner-in-crime Julia, is a beautiful and savvy American pickpocket. She can be clever and funny, but I also took her seriously as Julia saves the other con artists more than once. Morton is a good storyteller and he kept me guessing until the end.
Read about
another entry on the list.
The Page 69 Test: Stealing Mona Lisa.
My Book, The Movie: Stealing Mona Lisa.
--Marshal Zeringue
She lived in Paris for two years, where she researched George Sand's life and writing. Her short story "Delicious Dates" was included in Warren Adler's 2010 short story anthology. Another story, "Close Call," appeared in the Atherton Review. She currently lives in Chicago near her daughter and her family.
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