Martin Lee Mueller Author & Illustrator

Martin Lee Mueller, PhD, received his doctorate in philosophy from the University of Oslo in 2016. Before that, he received his master’s degree in culture, environment, and sustainability at the University of Oslo’s Center for Development and the Environment (SUM). He has previously helped build teaching centers in rural Mongolia, worked as a kindergarten teacher, been an elementary school librarian, and led a wilderness school in the Norwegian forest. Recently he has also been touring as a storyteller to festivals in the U.K. and Scandinavia, with a stage performance inspired by this book. Being Salmon, Being Human: The Performance weaves together philosophy, traditional storytelling, and Samí joik music. He lives in Oslo together with his partner and daughter. Dr. Stephan Harding has been concerned with conservation of the earth and its creatures since he was a child. He holds a doctorate in ecology from the University of Oxford, a degree in Zoology from the University of Durham, and is both a resident ecologist and the coordinator of the MSc in Holistic Science at Schumacher College. He lives in Devon, England.