Short Bio:

Matt Colborn is an author, lecturer and podcaster. He currently teaches consciousness studies on the Alef Trust Masters program. Matt holds an MSc. with distinction in cognitive science from the University of Birmingham and a D.Phil in biology from the University of Sussex. His first non-fiction book Pluralism and the Mind was published in 2011 and his first collection of short stories, City in the Dusk, in 2013. His latest non-fiction book is What Lies Beyond: Consciousness, Science, the Paranormal and the Post-Material Future (2025) from Collective Ink. He likes to paint, especially space art, stemming from a lifelong fascination with astronomy and science fiction. He also loves trekking and climbing and in 2023 made it to Everest base camp.