CHRISTOPHER G. REA received his Ph.D. from Columbia University and is assistant professor of modern Chinese literature at the University of British Columbia.
DENNIS T. HU received his Ph.D. from the University of Madison–Wisconsin with a dissertation on Qian Zhongshu’s creative works.
NATHAN K. MAO, cotranslator (with Jeanne Kelly) of Fortress Besieged (2004) and translator of Cold Nights (2002), was educated at New Asia College, Chinese University of Hong Kong; Yale University; and the University of Wisconsin. He now teaches English at Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania.
A full-time mother, a part-time businesswoman, and a sometime translator, YIRAN MAO received her B.A. in English from Beijing Foreign Languages Institute and dual M.A.’s in comparative literature and art history from the University of Iowa. Selena, Arianna, and Apollo are her best achievements.
PHILIP F. WILLIAMS was professor of Chinese literature and culture at Arizona State University and Massey University and is currently teaching at the University of Montana. His ninth and most recent book is From Marginal to Mainstream: Asian Literary Voices (2010).
