Thomas Schlesser is the director of the Hartung-Bergman Foundation in Antibes, France. He teaches Art History at the École Polytechnique in Paris and is the author of several works of nonfiction about art, artists, and the relationship between art and politics in the 20th century. He is the grandson of André Schlesser, known as Dadé, a singer and cabaret performer who founded the Cabaret L ’Écluse. MONA'S EYES is Schlesser’s second novel and his American debut. It has been translated into 38 languages, including Braille. Schlesser was awarded 2025’s Author of the Year by LIVRES HEBDO.

Books by Thomas Schlesser

Mona's Eyes

written by Thomas Schlesser, translated by Hildegarde Serle - Fiction

Ten-year-old Mona and her beloved grandfather have only 52 Wednesdays to visit 52 works of art and commit to memory "all that is beautiful in the world" before Mona loses her sight forever.