JORGE LUIS BORGES (1899–1986) was an Argentine author, essayist, poet, translator, lecturer, and librarian who gained worldwide recognition after receiving, in 1961, the first International Publishers Prize, which he shared with Samuel Beckett. Borges wrote innovative fiction combining the fantastic, and is best known for the short-story collections Ficciones (1944) and The Aleph (1949). He died in Geneva in 1986.

RICHARD BURGIN, the editor of the literary magazine Boulevard and the winner of five Pushcart Prizes for his stories, is the author of sixteen books, including two novels, nine collections of stories, and two books of nonfiction, Conversations with Isaac Bashevis Singer and Conversations with Jorge Luis Borges.

DANIEL BOURNE has edited Artful Dodge since its inception in 1979. His books of poetry include The Household Gods and Where No One Spoke the Language. He teaches English at the College of Wooster.

STEPHEN CAPE (1953–2010) was a longtime cataloger of rare books at the Lilly Library at Indiana University. He was also the poetry editor for Artful Dodge during the early 1980s.

CHARLES SILVER is a visual artist and former editor of Artful Dodge.

GLORIA LÓPEZ LECUBE was born in Buenos Aires. She has worked as a journalist in print, radio, and television, and also managed two radio stations. She interviewed Borges in 1985, just before he left Argentina for Geneva.

KIT MAUDE is a Buenos Aires–based translator and editor.