Eva Meijer is a philosopher, visual artist, writer, singer and composer. She has written novels, political essays, academic texts, poems and columns, and her work has been translated into more than 20 languages. Recurring themes are language, including silence, madness, non-human animals and politics.

Her work in philosophy focuses primarily on language, democracy and social justice, with special attention to animals and nature. Meijer currently writes novels and essays for the Dutch newspaper NRC.