Zoran Zivkovic is the author of "The Book/The Writer, The Devil in Brisbane, The Fourth Circle, Hidden Camera," and "Seven Touches of Music," He is the recipient of the World Fantasy and the Milos Crnjanski Awards, was a two-time finalist for the International Dublin Literary and the Yugoslavian NIN Awards, and has been named a Guest of Honor for EuroCon 2007. His work has been published in 17 countries, broadcast on BBC radio, produced for television, and optioned for film. Copple-Tosic is a lecturer of the English language in the English department at the University of Belgrade.

"For all his control of mood and language, Zivkovic is a writer who prefers the playful to the profound, the scattering of seeds to the harvest." - Gerald Turner, New York Times "Zivkovic does a superb job of communicating the befuddlement, confusion, and awe of individual characters as they wrestle with mysteries that exceed the understanding that their time, place and intellectual capacity permits." - Stefan Dziemianowicz, Publishers Weekly"