Born in Hiroshima in 1983, HIROKO OYAMADA is the author of The Factory, which won the Shincho Prize for New Writers, The Hole which won Japan's prestigious Akutagawa Prize, and most recently Weasels in the Attic.DAVID BOYD has translated novels and stories by Hiroko Oyamada, Masatsugu Ono, and Toh EnJoe, among others. LUCY NORTH has translated Japanese fiction and non-fiction, including by Taeko Kono, Hiromi Kawakami, Fumiko Enchi, and Natsuko Imamura.Born in Tokyo and raised in Los Angeles, YUKI TEJIMA is the translator of works by Mizuki Tsujimura, Emi Yagi, Kumi Kimura, and Risa Wataya, among others.