Emma Pattee is a climate journalist and writer from Oregon. She has written for The Atlantic, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Guardian, and more. She coined the term “Climate Shadow” to describe an individual’s potential impact on climate change. Her fiction has appeared in Bellevue Literary Review, Idaho Review, Alaska Quarterly Review, and others. Her debut novel, Animal Sounds, will be released by Simon & Schuster in 2025.