Cyrille Martinez is a poet and novelist living in Paris. He has performed at public readings in France and abroad on stereotypes of modern language, slang, slogans, jargon and the like. His other novels include Chansons de france, L’enlèvement de Bill Clinton and Musique rapide et lente.

Joseph Patrick Stancil has studied French and translation at UNC-Chapel Hill and New York University. This is his third translation to be published. He lives and works in New York New York.