Zyta Rudzka is a masterful writer, whose terse and forceful style is rapidly gaining her a place among Poland's best contemporary novelists. She is the author of Dr. Josef's Little Beauty, A Brief Exchange of Fire, Soft Tissues, and Only Those with Teeth Can Smile. She is an award-winning playwright and poet.
Dina Pearlman was raised in Teaneck, New Jersey, and went on to attend Carnegie Mellon University. Based in New York City, she is an actress, stand-up comic, and the Audie Award-nominated narrator of over 300 audiobooks.
Antonia Lloyd-Jones has translated works by many of Poland's leading contemporary novelists and reportage authors, as well as crime fiction, poetry, and children's books. Her translation of Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by 2018 Nobel Prize laureate Olga Tokarczuk was shortlisted for the 2019 Man Booker International prize.