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Contributors
SueBlack
Professor Dame Sue Black is a leading
anatomist and forensic anthropologist,
and is currently the Pro-Vice-Chan-
cellor for Engagement at Lancaster
University. Black was the lead forensic
anthropologist for the UK response to
war crimes investigations in Kosovo
and has also served in Sierra Leone,
Grenada, and Iraq, and in Thailand
following the Asian tsunami. She is
the author of the bestselling book All
That Remains and was awarded a DBE
in 2016 for her services to education
andforensicanthropology.
CharlesFoster
Charles Foster is a Fellow at the Uni-
versity of Oxford and a passionate
naturalist. An award-winning writer,
Foster is also a qualified veterinarian,
teaches medical law and ethics, and is
a practising barrister. He was educated
at Shrewsbury School and St John’s
College, Cambridge University, where
he read Veterinary Medicine and
Law, and he holds a PhD in medical
law and ethics from the University of
Cambridge. His book Being a Beast is
being made into a film.NigelWarburton
Nigel Warburton is a freelance phi-
losopher, podcaster, writer, and the
Editor-at-large of New Philosopher.
Described as “one of the most-read
popular philosophers of our time”,
his books include A Little History of
Philosophy, Thinking from A to Z, and
Philosophy: The Classics. The interview-
er for the Philosophy Bites podcast,
Warburton was previously Senior
Lecturer in Philosophy at the Open
University and Lecturer in Philoso-
phy at Nottingham University.TimDean
Tim Dean holds a doctorate inphi-
losophyin evolutionandmoralityfrom
the University of New South Wales.
PreviouslytheEditorofCosmos, Editor
ofAustralianLifeScientist, andScience
andTechnologyEditoratTheConver-
sation,Deanis currentlyanHonorary
Associate in the Philosophy Depart-
mentattheUniversityofSydney.His
work has appeared in New Scientist,
Popular Scientist, Cosmos, The Sydney
MorningHerald, andtheABC. In 2015
hewasawardedtheAAPMediaPro-
fessionals’Award.
Mariana Alessandri
Mariana Alessandri is Assistant Pro-
fessor of Continental Philosophy, Ex-
istentialism, Philosophy of Religion,
and Spanish-language Philosophy at
UTRGV. She has written for The New
York Times, Philosophy Today, Woman-
kind magazine, Times Higher Educa-
tion, Chronicle of Higher Education, and
many academic journals. Her teaching
interests include Existentialism and
Mexican-American Philosophy.
Patrick Stokes
Patrick Stokes is a lecturer in philoso-
phy at Deakin University, Melbourne.
He specialises in 19th and 20th century
European philosophy, personal iden-
tity, narrative selfhood, moral psychol-
ogy, and death and remembrance. A
particular focus is bringing Kierkeg-
aard into dialogue with contemporary
analytic philosophy of personal iden-
tity and moral psychology. Stokes was
awarded the 2014 AAP media prize.Oliver Burkeman
Oliver Burkeman is a writer based in
New York. He is the winner of the
Foreign Press Association’s Young
Journalist of the Year and was short-
listed for the Orwell Prize in 2006.
His books include HELP! How to
Become Slightly Happier and Get a Bit
More Done and The Antidote: Happi-
ness for People Who Can’t Stand Posi-
tive Thinking – which explores the
upsides of negativity, uncertainty,
failure, and imperfection.Clarissa Sebag-Montefiore
Clarissa Sebag-Montefiore lived in
China from 2009 to 2014, during
which time she worked as the associ-
ate editor for Time Out Beijing, the art
editor for Time Out Shanghai, and as
an op-ed columnist for the Interna-
tional New York Times, reporting from
China for the blog Latitude: Views
From Around the World. She writes for
The Guardian, The Economist, Financial
Times, The New York Times, Woman-
kind, Wall Street Journal, New States-
man, New Internationalist, The Huffing-
ton Post, and Time magazine.Marina Benjamin
Marina Benjamin is the former arts
editor of the New Statesman and dep-
uty arts editor of the Evening Stand-
ard. A memoirist best known for The
Middlepause, which offered a poetic
and philosophical take on midlife, her
latest memoir Insomnia was published
in 2018. Benjamin is a Senior Editor
at Aeon, a Consultant Fellow for the
Royal Literary Fund, and a creative
writing tutor at Arvon.