Laura Coleman (Author)

In 2007, Laura Coleman went to Bolivia and joined the NGO Comunidad Inti Wara Yassi (CIWY), which manages three wildlife sanctuaries and gives homes to animals rescued from illegal wildlife trafficking. In 2018, she moved to the Small Isles in Scotland with her friend, a dog called Nelo.

Yamen Manai (Author)

Yamen Manai was born in Tunis and lives in Paris. A writer and an engineer, he explores the intersections of past and present. The Ardent Swarm earned the Prix Comar d’Or and the Prix des Cinq Continents, a literary prize recognizing exceptional Francophone literature.

Lara Vergnaud (Translator)

Lara Vergnaud is a literary translator. She is the recipient of two PEN/Heim Translation Grants and a French Voices Grand Prize and has been nominated for the National Translation Award.

Ousman Umar (Author)

Ousman Umar was born in Ghana and immigrated to Europe when he was seventeen. North to Paradise was originally published by Penguin Random House Spain in 2019. Ousman lives in Barcelona.

Kevin Gerry Dunn (Translator)

Kevin Gerry Dunn translates from Spanish. He received a PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grant and an English PEN Award for his work on Easy Reading, by Cristina Morales. He also heads a project that makes translations of vital migration paperwork available for free online.

Werner Sonne (Author)

Werner Sonne worked in Germany as a radio and TV correspondent for many years. He started reporting on the Middle East in 1973. He writes about foreign policy and is the author of several political thrillers and historical novels.

Steve Anderson (Translator)

Steve Anderson is a translator, editor, and a novelist. He was a Fulbright Fellow in Munich, Germany and translated Where the Desert Meets the Sea while on a residency at the European Translator College in Straelen, Germany.

Carol Wyer (Author)

Winner of The People’s Book Prize Award, Carol Wyer is a bestselling author and stand-up comedian who writes feel-good comedies and gripping crime fiction.

Farhad J. Dadyburjor (Author)

Born and based in Mumbai, India, Farhad J. Dadyburjor has been an entertainment and lifestyle journalist for over twenty years. His debut novel, How I Got Lucky, was a satire on India’s celebrity culture.

Shion Miura (Author)

Shion Miura’s The Great Passage received the Booksellers Award in Japan in 2012 and was developed into a major motion picture. She has also published more than fifteen collections of essays and is a manga aficionado.

Juliet Winters Carpenter (Translator)

Juliet Winters Carpenter’s translations—more than fifty—include nearly every genre of fiction and nonfiction, as well as film subtitles and song lyrics. She lived in Japan for over 40 years.

Nova Lee Maier (Author)

Nova Lee Maier is a pen name of the bestselling Dutch author Esther Verhoef, whose books have sold millions of copies in the Netherland and won many awards including, for Mother Dear, the prestigious Golden Noose Award for best crime thriller of the year.

Jozef van der Voort (Translator)

Jozef van der Voort translates Dutch, German, and French into English. He grew up in southeast England and studied literature and languages in Durham and Sheffield. He has lived and worked in Austria, France, Luxembourg, Germany, and Belgium.

Tang Qi (Author)

Tang Qi is a writer of fantasy and romance novels. Her works include Life Is a Flower That Blooms Twice and The Nine Realms: Hua Xuyin.

Poppy Toland (Translator)

Poppy Toland is a freelance literary translator based in London who studied Chinese at Leeds University. While living in Beijing, she worked as an editor for Time Out Beijing and as a field research supervisor for the BBC’s Wild China television series.

María Eugenia Manrique (Author) & Ramón París (Illustrator)

María Eugenia Manrique is one of the girls portrayed in this story. She rode the caiman as a child while visiting family. She was born in Caracas, Venezuela, and currently lives in Barcelona, Spain. The Caiman is her first children’s book.

Ramón París was born in Caracas, Venezuela and currently lives in Barcelona, Spain. As a child he also heard the story of the caiman. His many children’s books have been translated into Chinese, Portuguese, French, Catalan, Korean, German, and now English.

Amy Brill (Translator)

Amy Brill is a translator, writer, and documentary film producer. Her novel, The Movement of Stars was published in 2014. She lives with her family in Brooklyn, New York.