Olivia Swarthout

Olivia Swarthout is the creator and curator of the internet sensation Weird Medieval Guys. A lifelong aficionado for all things strange and obscure, Olivia's work centres around unearthing the most unexpected and entertaining stories from the annals of human history. Her first book, Weird Medieval Guys, was a love letter to the creativity, hilarity, and timeless appeal of art from the Middle Ages. Swarthout is a surname of Middle Dutch origin that roughly translates to 'Black Forest'. It probably originated near a Frisian forest of the same name, but neither the woods nor their inhabitants are around to say for sure. Olivia grew up between Montana and Berlin before settling in London.