Iain Zaczek (1950–2026) was born in Dundee, Scotland. He was educated at Wadham College, Oxford, and the Courtauld Institute of Art, before forging a prolific career as a freelancer writer, widely published on a range of topics across art and design. His specialisms included the representation of fairies in painting and book illustration, the work of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood of artists and illustrators, and the International Gothic period.

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