Susanne Pao­la Antonet­ta is the author of The Ter­ri­ble Unlike­li­hood of Our Being Here and numer­ous oth­er works of non­fic­tion, fic­tion, and poet­ry. Her acco­lades include a New York Times Notable Book, an Amer­i­can Book Award, a Library Jour­nal Best Sci­ence book, and oth­ers. She writes for Psy­chol­o­gy Today, The New York Times, Ms., The Huff­in­g­ton Post, The UK Inde­pen­dent, The Hill, Ori­on, and The New Repub­lic and has been fea­tured on CNN. She lives in Asheville, North Carolina.