Sue Blackmore is a freelance writer, lecturer and broadcaster, and
a Visiting Professor at the University of Plymouth.
She has a degree in psychology and physiology from Oxford University
(1973) an MSc and a PhD in parapsychology from the University of Surrey (1980).
She no longer works on the
paranormal. Her research interests include memes, evolutionary
theory, consciousness, and meditation. She practices Zen, campaigns for drug
legalization and plays in her village samba band,
Crooked Tempo.
Sue Blackmore writes for several magazines
and newspapers, blogs for the Guardian newspaper and Psychology
Today, and is a frequent contributor and presenter on
radio and
television. She is author of over sixty academic articles, about
eighty book
contributions, and many book reviews. Her books
include Dying to Live (on near-death experiences, 1993), In Search
of the Light (autobiography, 1996),Test Your Psychic Powers
(with
Adam Hart-Davis, 1997),
The Meme
Machine (1999), Conversations on Consciousness (2005),
Zen
and the Art of Consciousness (2011) and
Consciousness: An Introduction
(a textbook, new editions 2010 and 2011). Her work has been
translated into more than 20 other languages.
She has two children and lives in south Devon with
her husband
Adam Hart-Davis.
If this is too much, try a shorter version.
Read what others have to say about me
an
interview in The Third Way, Christian magazine, 2010
an interview in
Cherwell, 20 October 2006
For more about Adam and me
read the local paper.
For further information you might like to know ...
why I gave up parapsychology - "Into
the unknown"
why I left my job - "Leaving"
what it's like writing a textbook on consciousness - "Conscious
effort"
and why I support the legalization of drugs.
Or to listen to interviews with me in
podcasts and
videos.
I am a
Distinguished Supporter of the
British Humanist
Association
I am an "ally of Naturalism"
I'm an
"Enthusiastic
Bright". Visit Bright's Net
I am a Distinguished Supporter of
Atheism
I support Pipedown - sign the
petition against piped music in hospitals
I am a Patron of Transform - Drug
Policy Foundation
Dr.
Susan Blackmore