Jean-Baptiste Del Amo was born in 1981 and is one of France’s most exciting and talented young writers. Animalia, his fourth novel, is his first to appear in English. He has won a number of prizes, including the Prix Fénéon, the Prix Goncourt du Premier Roman, the Prix du Livre Inter and the Prix Valery-Larbaud. He is also active in the animal rights movement.

Frank Wynne’s translations include works by Michel Houellebecq, Frédéric Beigbeder and Virginie Despentes, and have earned various awards, including the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize, the Scott Moncrieff Prize and the Premio Valle-Inclán.