Molly Cobb gained her PhD in 2016 from the University of Liverpool, UK, where she has taught on Science Fiction and nineteenth through early twenty-first century American Literature. Her research focuses on representations of psychology and identity in science fiction and in mid-twentieth century American fiction more generally. Her book on psychology and identity in the works of Alfred Bester is forthcoming with Routledge in 2022. She is currently an Affiliate Member of the Olaf Stapledon Centre for Speculative Futures.