Eva Meijer is an artist, philosopher, author, and singer-songwriter. She published several short stories and poems in literary magazines. Her debut novel, The Shiest Animal, was nominated for various prizes. In 2013 her acclaimed novel Adventures in Animal Activism followed. In 2016 Animal Languages was published, in which she investigates the languages of animals and the question what language actually is. 2016 also saw the release of the highly acclaimed The Bird Cottage about the life of bird lover and researcher Len Howard (1894-1973). Her complete works were awarded with the Halewijnprijs in 2018. In 2014, Eva Meijer started working on her PhD Political Animal Voices at the University of Amsterdam. She completed her PhD in September 2017. Political Animal Voices was awarded the Hypatia-prijs for the best philosophic book by a woman. Her works are being translated in Arabic, German, English, French, Polish and Turkish.