María Negroni is the author of numerous books of poetry, essay collections, and novels. A Guggenheim Fellow in poetry and winner of the Siglo XXI International Essay Prize, her work has been translated into English, French, Italian, Swedish and Portuguese. Islandiawas awarded the 2002 PEN Award for Poetry in Translation. She taught at Sarah Lawrence College from 1999 to 2014, and is now the director of Argentina's first creative writing program at Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero. After living in Bronxville, New York for two decades, Negroni now lives in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Michelle Gil-Montero has translated several books of contemporary Latin American poetry, lyric prose, and criticism. Her recent translations include Berlin Interlude (Black Square Editions) and Exilium (Ugly Duckling Presse) by María Negroni. She is the author of the poetry collection Object Permanence (Ornithopter Press). Her work has been supported by the NEA, Howard Foundation, PEN, Fulbright, and a Vermont Studio Center fellowship. She teaches at Saint Vincent College, where she directs the Minor in Literary Translation. She is the founding editor of Eulalia Books. Gil-Montero lives in Latrobe, Pennsylvania.