Author Bios

Alexander Boldizar is a Slovak-Canadian author and lawyer whose fiction blends speculative concepts with literary ambition and sharp political satire. A graduate of Harvard Law School, Boldizar practiced international law before turning to writing full-time. His novel The Man Who Saw Seconds won the 2025 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel and the CIBA…

Roman Krznaric is a British-Australian public philosopher and author whose work focuses on how ideas can transform personal and political life. His book The Good Ancestor argues for long-term thinking as a moral and civic imperative, drawing on philosophy, history, and activism.

Ainissa Ramirez is a materials scientist, science communicator, and author who earned her PhD from Stanford and worked as a professor at Yale before turning to public science education. Her book The Alchemy of Us examines how eight key inventions reshaped human behavior and society.

Joy McCullough is an author of fiction and verse novels for young readers, known for her unflinching exploration of trauma, justice, and resilience. Her novel-in-verse We Are the Ashes, We Are the Fire received nominations from YALSA and was praised for its dual-narrative structure addressing sexual violence.

Laura McKowen is a writer and recovery advocate whose memoir We Are the Luckiest chronicles her journey from high-functioning alcoholism to sobriety. She is the founder of The Luckiest Club, a sobriety support community, and a widely read voice on addiction and healing.

Per Espen Stoknes is a Norwegian psychologist, economist, and professor at BI Norwegian Business School, known for his work on climate psychology and sustainability transitions, and co-author of the Meridian Award-winning Earth for All: A Survival Guide for Humanity.

Kwei Quartey is a Ghanaian-American physician and crime novelist best known for his Detective Inspector Darko Dawson series set in Ghana. His Emma Djan Investigation series, launched with The Missing American, brings the same atmospheric authenticity to a new protagonist navigating Accra’s criminal underworld.

Johan Rockstrom is Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and one of the architects of the planetary boundaries framework, and co-author of the Meridian Award-winning Earth for All: A Survival Guide for Humanity.

Jorgen Randers is a Norwegian professor emeritus and one of the original co-authors of The Limits to Growth (1972), and co-author of the Meridian Award-winning Earth for All: A Survival Guide for Humanity.

Diane Seuss is an American poet whose collection frank: sonnets won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the PEN/Voelcker Award, among other honors.