Alia Trabucco Zerán was born in Chile in 1983. She was awarded a Fulbright scholarship for her MFA in creative writing at New York University, and she holds a PhD in Spanish and Latin American studies from University College London. La Resta (The Remainder), her debut novel, was a finalist for the International Booker Prize and translated into eight languages.
Sophie Hughes is the translator of over twenty books from Spanish. She has been nominated for the International Booker Prize four times, and in 2021 she won the Queen Sofia Spanish Institute Translation Prize. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, The Paris Review, The Guardian, Granta, and The White Review.
