Elizabeth Weinberg is an essayist, science communicator, and nature nerd. They are the author of Unsettling: Surviving Extinction Together, and their essays have appeared in Identity Theory, The Rumpus, The Toast, Buckman Journal, and elsewhere. She grew up in the Washington, DC, area, and now lives in Portland with their partner Leslie and their two dogs. Weinberg is currently at work on a book about urban animals.