Mylene Fernández Pintado: Mylene Fernández Pintado has worked as as legal advisor and literary consultant at the Cuban Film Institute (ICAIC). Her novel Otras plegarias atendidas, won the 2002 Italo Calvino Prize and in 2003, the Critics' Award. She currently lives between Havana and Lugano, Switzerland.

Dick Cluster: Dick Cluster is a translator of Cuban literature and teaches courses on Cuban history, culture, and politics. He is the author of the novels Return to Sender, Repulse Monkey, and Obligations of the Bone.