Tamara Ramsay was born in Kiew as one of three siblings to an industrialist of Baltic-Scottish descent and his wife, the daughter of a Russian-orthodox priest and his Danish-German wife. Her father died when she was six and the family moved from Russia to Hamburg in Germany. Her mother worked there as a translator and piano teacher. Tamara received an education in the tradition of well-bred young girls of the time, with musical, literary and artistic education. She released her first book, called The Golden Ball (Die Goldene Kugel) and illustrated by herself, in 1931. In 1939 Eliwagar - the ice age book (Eliwagar - das Eiszeitbuch) came out. Her most popular story, Die wunderbaren Fahrten und Abenteuer der kleinen Dott (The marvellous travels and aventures of little Dott) was released to critical acclaim in 1941 - at that time only the first volume of three was released. The original edition was illustrated by the author. Tamara Ramsay died at the age of 89 on March 3rd, 1985 in Mühlacker near Stuttgart. Sources: Wikipedia, Hörturm - translated from German