Victoria Mas has a master’s degree in contemporary literature from the Sorbonne.
The Mad Women’s Ball, her first novel, is the winner of numerous prizes, including the Prix Stanislas and Prix Renaudot des Lycéens. It has sold more than 175,000 copies in France, with rights sold in twenty-two languages, and it is the basis for the film
Le Bal des folles, directed by Mélanie Laurent. Victoria Mas worked in the film industry in the United States, where she lived for eight years, and currently lives in France.
Frank Wynne has translated works by Michel Houellebecq, Boualem Sansal, and many more writers.
He won the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize in 2005 for his translation of
Frédéric Beigbeder’s Windows on the World.
Kristin Atherton is a voice talent and audiobook narrator.