Jeff VanderMeer is the author of
Dead Astronauts,
Borne, and the Southern Reach trilogy, the first volume of which,
Annihilation, won the Nebula Award and the Shirley Jackson Award for best novel and was adapted into a movie by Alex Garland. VanderMeer speaks and writes frequently about issues relating to climate change as well as urban rewilding. He lives in Tallahassee, Florida, on the edge of a ravine, with his wife, Ann VanderMeer, and their cat, Neo.
Lisa Flanagan is a classically trained soprano, comedian, voiceover artist, and Earphones Award–winning narrator.