DORION SAGAN is a writer and sleight-of-hand magician who has delivered reviews and essays on topics including evolution, cybersex, and the biology of gender for publications such as The New York Times, Bioscience, The Times Higher Supplement, Wired, Natural History, Coevolution Quarterly, The Smithsonian, The Sciences, The Science Teacher, Whole Earth, Omni, The Environmentalist, The Ecologist, Tricycle: The Buddhist Review, , and The New York Times Book Review.
Among his books are (with John R. Skoyles) Up From Dragons: The Evolution of Human Intelligence, (with Lynn Margulis) of Acquiring Genomes, Microcosmos, Origins Of Sex, and Mystery Dance.