Susan Jane Blackmore is a British writer, lecturer, skeptic, and broadcaster. She is best known for her book The Meme Machine.

Blackmore was born on 29 July 1951, and she is a visiting professor at the University of Plymouth. Her research covers various fields, including memetics, parapsychology, consciousness, and meditation.

She has a degree in psychology and physiology from Oxford University (1973) and a PhD in parapsychology from the University of Surrey (1980). Blackmore practices Zen and actively campaigns for drug legalization.

As a prolific writer, she has authored over 60 academic articles and contributed to more than 40 books. She also writes for various magazines and newspapers, blogs for The Guardian and Psychology Today, and frequently appears on radio and television.