ABOUT THE TRANSLATOR

L ilit Žekulin Thwaites is a Hispanist specializing in contemporary Spanish literature, a literary translator, and former Head of the Spanish Department and Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia. She was born in Czechoslovakia and grew up in England, Scotland, and Canada. Since 1981, she has lived in Melbourne with her husband and three children. Tears in Rain (AmazonCrossing 2012), her translation of Rosa Montero’s novel, Lágrimas en la lluvia (2011), was recognized by World Literature Today as one of their 75 Notable Translations of 2012.