Sue Blackmore is a freelance writer, lecturer and broadcaster, and
a Visiting Lecturer at the University of the West of England, Bristol.
She has a degree in psychology and physiology from Oxford University
(1973) 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, a blog
for the Guardian newspaper and is a frequent contributor and presenter on radio and
television. She is author of over sixty academic articles, about forty book
contributions, and many book reviews. Her books
include Beyond the Body
(1982), Dying to Live (on near-death experiences, 1993), In Search
of the Light (autobiography, 1996), and Test Your Psychic Powers
(with
Adam Hart-Davis, 1997).
The Meme
Machine (1999) has been translated into 13 other languages.
Her textbook Consciousness: An Introduction was published
in June 2003 (Hodder UK, OUP New York), and A Very Short
Introduction to Consciousness in 2005 (OUP).
Her latest book is Conversations on Consciousness (November 2005
OUP Oxford) due out in the USA in January 2006.
If this is too much, try a shorter version.
Or read what others have to say about me
in an interview in
Cherwell, 20 October 2006
In Hebrew, see "Haaretz" weekend magazine May 2007 "Doctor
Freak"
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