Alex von Tunzelmann is a historian. Tunzelmann was educated in Brighton and at University College, Oxford. There she read history and edited both Cherwell and Isis. She has worked primarily as a researcher and lives in London. She has contributed to The Political Animal by Jeremy Paxman, The Truth About Markets by John Kay, Does Education Matter? by Alison Wolf, and Not on the Label by Felicity Lawrence. She was recognized as a Financial Times Young Business Writer of the Year. Most recently she has collaborated with Jeremy Paxman on his book, On Royalty.