Julie Sedivy is a Calgary-based writer and language scientist whose work ranges from the scientific to the literary, and includes everything in between. She received her PhD in linguistics at the University of Rochester, and has conducted pioneering scientific work related to how people produce, understand, and learn language. She has taught linguistics and psychology at Brown University and the University of Calgary, and has published a textbook (Language in Mind) on the rapidly growing field of psycholinguistics. She also writes for nonacademic audiences about language, how it sets up camp in the human mind, and how it plays out in human interactions and in society at large. Her latest book is Linguaphile: A Life of Language Love, a blend of scientific exploration and lyrical memoir. You can read her bio here, check out her books, read some of her essays, hear some of her talks, or follow her on BlueSky. She is a citizen of three countries.