Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt is one of Europe's most popular and acclaimed authors and playwrights. His many novels and story collections include The Most Beautiful Book in the World (Europa, 2009). In 2001, he was awarded the French Academy's Grand Prix du Th��tre. Schmitt divides his time between Paris, France, and Belgium. Steven Rendall has translated more than fifty books from French and German. He is professor emeritus of Romance Languages at the University of Oregon and editor emeritus of Comparative Literature. He currently lives in France. Addie Leak is a co-translator of Hisham Bustani's Waking Up to My City (Arab Institute for Research and Publishing, 2023) and Mostafa Nissabouri's For an Ineffable Metrics of the Desert (Otis Books, 2018), and her translations from French and Arabic have appeared in multiple digital and print venues, most recently The Common and The Georgia Review. She is currently based in Portland, Oregon.