Carolina De Robertis is the author of The Gods of Tango, Perla, and The Invisible Mountain. Her books have been translated into seventeen languages. She is the recipient of an NEA Fellowship and Italy's Rhegium Julii Prize. She teaches fiction and literary translation at San Francisco State University.

Laleh Khadivi is a writer of fiction and a director of films and documentaries. Her writing has garnered a number of awards and fellowships and she is currently at work on the last installment in the Kurdish Trilogy.

Achy Obejas is the author of the acclaimed novels Ruins, Days of Awe, and three other books of fiction. She has translated works (English/Spanish) by Junot Diaz, Wendy Guerra, F.G. Haghenbeck, Eduardo Halfon, and many others. She is currently the Distinguished Visiting Writer at Mills College in Oakland.

Patricia Engel

M. Evelina Galang