Who wrote the novel adapted into Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky?

Chris Greenhalgh wrote the novel adapted into Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky.

Greenhalgh’s novel, Coco & Igor, was published in 2002 and provided the source material for Jan Kounen’s 2009 film. The story explores the imagined and historical relationship between Chanel and the composer Igor Stravinsky after the First World War.

The novel should not be confused with biographies of Chanel. Edmonde Charles-Roux wrote L’Irrégulière, which influenced Coco Before Chanel, while Justine Picardie wrote Chanel: Her Life, which was associated with the television film Coco Chanel.

The distinction between source biographies and a historical novel is important. Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky is a dramatized adaptation, so its narrative should not be treated as a complete documentary record of every event in Chanel’s life.