Isa Beniston is an artist living and working in Los Angeles, California. Since 2015 she has been doing business as the creatrix behind Gentle Thrills, the moniker of a retail line of novelty goods inspired by her collecting. In 2020, as the world went into lockdown and uncertainty loomed, she cut cards out of paper and began what would become the first draft of The Gentle Thrills Tarot on her dining room table.