Stefan Bachmann was born in Colorado and spent most of his childhood in Switzerland, where he graduated from Zurich University of the Arts with degrees in music composition and theory. He is the author of
The Peculiar, his debut, which was published to international acclaim when he was nineteen years old. His other books include
The Whatnot,
A Drop of Night,
and
Cinders and Sparrows. He is the coauthor (with April Genevieve Tucholke) of
The Secret Life of Hidden Places. He lives in Zurich, Switzerland, and Berlin, Germany.
Lauren Ezzo, an Earphones Award–winning narrator, is a commercial voice talent and Chicago-based actor and graduate of Hope College. She has acted in Peppermint Creek Theatre Company’s world premiere of Or You Could Kiss Me. Her narrations have placed her on several “Best of the Year” lists, including AudioFile’s Best Audiobooks of the Year list. In 2018, she was part of a full cast of narrators nominated for the prestigious Audie Award for Best Original Work.
