Tamzin grew up in Australia, South Africa and Dubai before moving to England in her early teens, where she finally discovered the season of winter. She has been an actor since the age of 17, when she played the part of Georgiana Darcy in the 2005 adaptation of Pride and Prejudice.

Since then, her acting work has taken her around the world and on a journey through time. She has been a Tudor, a Victorian and a Jacobean. She survived the Blitz in 1940 and succumbed to pneumonia in Edwardian times. She's been an alien, a witch, a doomed Queen and a rebel Scottish warrior.

She has also written and directed several award-winning short films. Her latest role is as Imogen Spurnrose in Amazon's original series, Carnival Row.The Hatmakers is Tamzin's first book.

Paola Escobar is a graphic designer and illustrator who enjoys spreading story seeds of her own, having published with SM Spain, Planeta, Norma, El Globo de Antonia, Fleurus, and Leaves of the Forest (El Bosque University).

She's also created celebrated work for Colombian music bands, as well as for printed and digital magazines including ESPN, Bacanika, El Malpensante, and Timbuktu.

She lives very happily in Bogota with her husband and dog, Flora.