Melanie Challenger

Melanie Challenger is a British writer and philosopher whose work explores what it means to be a living being. Her books investigate embodiment, animality, mortality, agency, and humanity’s relationship with the living world. She is the author of On Extinction, How to be Animal, and Alive. She is host of the podcast The Psychosphere. She is also an award-winning poet and librettist for opera and oratorios, and a National Geographic Explorer.