JEFF VANDERMEER is the author of Hummingbird Salamander, the Borne series novels (Borne, The Strange Bird, and Dead Astronauts), and the Southern Reach trilogy (Annihilation, Authority, and Acceptance), the first volume of which won the Nebula Award and Shirley Jackson Award and was adapted into a movie by Alex Garland. Vandermeer speaks and writes frequently about issues relating to climate change and urban rewilding. He lives in Tallahassee, Florida, on the edge of a ravine with his wife, Ann VanderMeer, and their cat, Neo.