is an award-winning South African writer and holds a PhD in Philosophy from the University of Sheffield. In her academic work, she explores questions regarding scientific expertise, authority, and epistemic integrity and reliability in science, especially related to politics, pseudoscience, science denialism, and related conspiratorial beliefs and theories. Her other research interests include climate change ethics, meaning in life, and the apocalypse. She is also interested in how catastrophe is portrayed in fictional works and what impact this has on our responses to catastrophes we face now, such as climate change. These research questions and topics are very closely related to her fictional work. She completed her Master’s Degree in Philosophy at the University of Johannesburg (under the supervision of Thaddeus Metz), and her Honours and BA Degrees at the University of Fort Hare (all Cum Laude).