Giovanna Rivero was born in the city of Montero, Santa Cruz, Bolivia in 1972 and is a writer of short stories and novels. She holds a doctorate in Hispano-American literature. In 2004, she studied on the Iowa Writing Program and in 2006 she was awarded a Fulbright scholarship that enabled her to take a masters in Latin American literature at the University of Florida. In 2014, she received her doctorate from the same university.? In 2011, she was selected by the Guadalajara Book Fair as one of the 25 upcoming stars of Latin American literature.She is the author of the books of short stories Las bestias (1997, Premio Municipal Santa Cruz), Contraluna (2005), Sangre dulce (2006), Niñas y detectives (2009), Para comerte mejor (2015, Premio Dante Alighieri 2018) and Tierra Fresca de su Tumba (2021, published by Charco as Fresh Dirt from the Grave , 2023). She has also published the books for children La dueña de nuestros sueños (2005), which received the Premio en Cuentos Franz Tamayo, and Lo más oscuro del bosque (2015, recommended book of the year by the Bolivian Academy of Children's Literature). She has published four novels: Las camaleonas (2001), Tukzon (2008), Helena 2022 (2011) and 98 segundos sin sombra (2014, made into a feature film by Bolivian director Juan Pablo Richter and forthcoming from Charco Press as 98 Seconds Without a Shadow ). Her literary work, which moves between horror and science fiction, is regarded as an immense contribution to the renewal of the genre in Latin America.

Isabel Adey is a translator (Spanish and German to English) and editor based in Edinburgh. She has taught translation at the postgraduate level and has been translating professionally since 2011. Former winner of the Goethe-Institut Emerging Translators' Program, she has a passion for unusual books that deal with cultural identity, women's rights, and migration. Her debut translation of Marc Raabe's novel_Homesick_ (Zaffre Publishing) appeared in 2018. She has also translated December Breeze (Europa Editions, 2022) by Colombian writer Marvel Moreno, in collaboration with Charlotte Coombe.