Tabitha Carvan is the author of This Is Not A Book About Benedict Cumberbatch (2022), a memoir with a message about embracing our passions, and described by Publisher's Weekly as "a weird-in-the-best-way account of self-discovery that brims with humor and insight". She is Senior Writer in the sciences for the Australian National University, and as a freelancer has contributed to publications in the US, Australia and Asia on topics including identity, family, pop culture and science.