Ana Paula Maia is the author of Of Cattle and Men , which won the UK Republic of Consciousness Prize, the inaugural Cercador Prize for Literature in Translation in the United States, and an English PEN Translates Award. She is an award-winning Brazilian writer and scriptwriter, widely regarded as one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary Brazilian fiction.

Padma Viswanathan is a Canadian-American writer and translator. Her novels have been shortlisted for the PEN USA and Scotiabank Giller Prizes. Her work has appeared in Granta , The Boston Review and BRICK . Her translations include SãoBernardo by Graciliano Ramos. She teaches at the University of Arkansas.