Alexandra Lapierre is a bestselling French novelist, short story writer, and biographer. She graduated from Sorbonne University and the University of Southern California. Among her works that bring back to life great women and characters neglected by history is the international bestseller Artemisia (Vintage, 2012). Her books have been published in more than twenty countries.Tina Kover is a literary translator whose works include The Black City by George Sand, and Adelaïde Bon’s The Little Girl on the Ice Floe. For Europa she translated Disoriental by Négar Djavadi, The Postcard and Gabriële by Anne Berest, and Older Brother by Mahir Guven. She lives in Durham.
