Nicolas Mahler lives in Vienna, where he works as a comic artist and illustrator. His comic strips and cartoons have been published by leading German-language newspapers and magazines such as Die Zeit, NZZ am Sonntag and Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung. He is the author of several graphic adaptations of classic literature, including works by James Joyce, Thomas Bernhard and Marcel Proust. Mahler has received numerous awards for his work, including the Max-und-Moritz Prize for Best German-Language Comic Artist, the Preis der Literaturhäuser and the Sondermann Prize.
Alexander Booth is an American poet and translator, who lives in Berlin. He works in English, German and Italian, and his translations include Friederike Mayröcker, Sandro Penna and Lutz Seiler.