Marta Bausells was born and raised in Barcelona, studied Political Science and Journalism at Universitat Pompeu Fabra, and has spent her career doing what good cultural critics do: paying close attention to things other people dismiss. Based in London, she founded and edited the Guardian Books Network, serves as editor-at-large at Literary Hub, and has written for British Vogue, the New York Times Magazine, the Financial Times, the Paris Review and Elle. Arts Council England and the London Library have both backed her work. She was nominated for Arts & Culture Writer of the Year in 2021. Astrology: A Cultural History is her first book.