Sue Blackmore is a psychologist and writer researching consciousness, memes, and anomalous experiences, and a Visiting Professor at the University of Plymouth. She blogs for the Guardian and Psychology Today, and often appears on radio and television. Her book The Meme Machine (1999) has been translated into 15 other languages and more recent books include a textbook Consciousness: An Introduction (2003), Conversations on Consciousness (2005) and Ten Zen Questions (2009).