Richard Dawkins, nascut in Nairobi, Kenya, in 1941, a predat zoologie la Universitatea California, la Berkeley si la Universitatea Oxford, fiind profesor la Catedra pentru Popularizarea Stiintei „Charles Simonyi” din cadrul Universitatii Oxford, din anul 1995 pana in anul 2008, iar in prezent se afla in fruntea Fundatiei Richard Dawkins pentru Ratiune si Stiinta. Printre cartile publicate pana acum se numara: The Selfish Gene (1976), The Extended Phenotype (1982), The Blind Watchmaker (1986), River Out of Eden (1995), Climbing Mount Improbable (1996), A Devil's Chaplain (2003) The Ancestor’s Tale (2004), The God Delusion (2006), The Greatest Show on Earth (2009), The Magic of Reality (2011), An Appetite for Wonder (2013), Brief Candle in the Dark (2015).