ANNE CATHRINE BOMANN lives in Copenhagen dividing her time between writing and working as a psychologist. She also played table tennis for Denmark and won the national championship twelve times. She is the author of two novels, Blue Notes and Agatha, which became a word-of-mouth success following publication in Denmark and has been translated into twenty-three languages.

CAROLINE WAIGHT is an award-winning literary translator working from Danish, German, and Norwegian. She has translated a wide range of books, including The Lobster's Shell by Caroline Albertine Minor, Agatha and Blue Notes by Anne Cathrine Bomann, Island by Siri Ranva Hjelm Jacobsen and The Chief Witness by Sayragul Sauytbay and Alexandra Cavelius. She grew up travelling around the world, living in eight different countries. Having first studied music at Cambridge, Oxford, and Cornell, she worked in publishing before transitioning into full-time literary translation. She now lives and works near London.