Susan D’Agostino is the author of How to Free Your Inner Mathematician: Notes on Mathematics and Life (Oxford University Press, 2020). Her essays have been published in Quanta Magazine, Scientific American, Nature, Financial Times, Discover Magazine, Undark, Slate, Ms., and the Chronicle of Higher Education. She is the recipient of writing fellowships from the National Association of Science Writers, the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing, and the Heidelberg Laureate Forum Foundation. She earned her PhD in mathematics from Dartmouth College and is currently pursuing an MA in science writing at Johns Hopkins University. Her website is https://www.susandagostino.com.