Kirstine Reffstrup was born in Denmark and lives in Norway. Her first novel, I, Unica, was published to great acclaim in 2016 and was nominated for literary prizes in both Norway and Denmark. Her second novel, Iron Lung, was first published in 2023 and was nominated for the prestigious Politiken Literature Prize. The same year she was awarded the Stig Sæterbakken Memorial Prize.

Hunter Simpson was born in North Carolina, USA, and lives in Copenhagen. He won the 2021 Leif and Inger Sjöberg Prize for his translation of Stine Pilgaard's The Land of Short Sentences. He also translated Pilgaard's first novel, My Mother Says.