If you’ve ever turned to tarot cards to tell your future, it’s likely you were looking at the iconic illustrations of the Rider-Waite deck. But their creator has been largely forgotten. Here, novelist Jill Dawson tells the story of an extraordinary life T he first time I ever had my tarot cards read was almost 40 years ago, when I was 24. The tarot reader had the usual black lace skirt and silver jewellery, and said her name was Sian, but I could call her the High Priestess of Clapham. It was