Colin McGinn was educated at Oxford University. He has written widely on philosophy and philosophers in such publications as the New York Review of Books, the London Review of Books, the New Republic, and the New York Times Book Review. McGinn has written fourteen books, including The Making of a Philosopher; The Mysterious Flame; The Character of Mind; Ethics, Evil and Fiction; and the novel The Space Trap. He is currently a Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University.