Sharon Hewitt Rawlette is a writer, philosopher, and consciousness researcher. She earned her PhD in philosophy from New York University, taught at Brandeis University, and currently serves on the board of the Bigelow Institute for Consciousness Studies as well as being a supporting researcher for the International Centre for Reincarnation Research. She has published four books and was named a runner-up in the Bigelow Institute for Consciousness Studies essay contest for her essay “Beyond Death,” on the best evidence for the survival of human consciousness after permanent bodily death. She is the author of the Psychology Today blog Mysteries of Consciousness, the 2019 book The Source and Significance of Coincidences: A Hard Look at the Astonishing Evidence, and the 2020 memoir on the role of coincidence in navigating love and loss—in France, The Supreme Victory of the Heart.