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).
Her research interests include memes, evolutionary
theory, consciousness, and meditation. She practices Zen
and campaigns for drug
legalization.
Sue Blackmore no longer works on the
paranormal.
She 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.
Or read what others have to say about me
e.g. interview
with Teenskepchick on my past in parapsychology
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.
"Point of Inquiry"
podcast - a 25 minute interview on belief in the paranormal, memes,
consciousness, free will and more. 15 Dec 2006
The Sci Phi Show -
Outcast #8, 21 August. Interview on Memes. Listen
here.
BBC Radio 3 "Belief".
Listen to my interview with Joan Bakewell.
Dr.
Susan Blackmore