Julio Llamazares (b. 1955) is a poet, novelist, essayist, journalist and screenwriter, whose work has been translated into over twenty languages. He has twice been a finalist for Spain's National Literature Prize, for Wolf Moon (1985) and The Yellow Rain (1988).

Simon Deefholts and Kathryn Phillips-Miles both studied Romance Languages and Literature at University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, and later at Birkbeck College, University of London. They live and work in Spain, where they have together translated several novels and plays.