Stephanie V Sears is a French and American ethnologist (specialized in Polynesian cultures, Doctorate 1993 EHESS, Paris), free-lance journalist, essayist and poet. Previous essays have appeared in Insula Magazine, The Cresset, The Montrreal Review, Zoomorphic, The London Grip, Hawk&Handsaw, The Journal of Wild Culture, CerisePress, E, The Environmental Magazine, Wildlifeextra.