Sib al Pounder currently works as a writer and researcher for the Financial Times' "How To Spend It" section and has interviewed everyone from designer Vivienne Westwood to director Sam Taylor-Wood. She also tutors children who want to get into the media industry, helping them to develop articles and documentary shorts and teaching them how to put together magazines. Sib al has a degree in History, a masters in Publishing and recently completed the Faber Academy's Writing for Children course.