When the Signal Arrives: What Science Really Says About Contact with Alien Civilizations

Evans April is a science writer and journalist specializing in astronomy, astrobiology, and the scientific search for life beyond Earth. April's articles have appeared in Scientific American, New Scientist, and BBC Sky at Night Magazine, covering everything from the discovery of new exoplanets to the inner workings of the world's largest radio telescopes.

Trained in physics at Durham University, April began a career in science communication at the Royal Observatory Edinburgh before turning to full-time writing. Much of *When the Signal Arrives* grew out of years of interviews with the astronomers, engineers, and policy specialists who conduct the modern search, and out of long nights in observatory control rooms watching the sky be monitored, channel by channel.

April's writing focuses on the difference between a promising signal and a confirmed one—and the painstaking work required to tell them apart. April lives in Edinburgh, where the next book, about the search for habitable worlds beyond the solar system, is under way.