Anita Higgie received her Ph.D from the University of Paris VII and is Director of English Studies at the Catholic University of Paris. Her research interests include contemporary British fiction and medieval English mysticism. Linda Martz also received her Ph.D from the University of Paris VII. She is Assistant Professor of English and History at the American University of Paris, and also lectures on urban and cultural history at the Catholic University of Paris. She publishes on suffrage history and on urban studies. Their most recent collaboration is a textbook in English for French students on British and American history and civilization.