Mréjen, Valérie: - Val érie Mr éjen (b. 1969) is a writer, filmmaker, and mixed media artist. She has written five novels, most recently Troisi ème personne (2017 ), and exhibited widely in France and abroad, including in a solo retrospective at the Jeu de Paume gallery in Paris. She is an alumna of residencies at Villa Medici in Rome and Villa Kujoyama in Kyoto. Mréjen's first feature-length film, En ville, co-directed with Bertrand Schefer, was a Director's Fortnight selection at the Cannes Film Festival in 2011, and her children's play, Trois Hommes Verts, premiered at the Th é âtre Gennevilliers in 2014. More information, including many of her films, can be found online at http: //valeriemrejen.com/folio.

Assef, Katie Shireen: - Katie Shireen Assef is a literary translator living between Los Angeles and Arles, France. Black Forest is her first full -length translation.