Senthuran Varatharajah, born 1984, studied philosophy, theology and cultural science in Marburg, Berlin, and London. In 2014, he was awarded the Künstlerdorf Schöppingen Artist in Residence Stipend, the Alfred Döblin Stipend of the Berliner Akademie der Künste, as well as the 3sat Prize during the network's 38 Days of German Literature. Further awards include the Promotional Kranichstein Literature Prize (2016) and in 2017, the Promotional Literature Prize of the City of Bremen, the Adelbert von Chamisso Promotional Prize and the Literature Prize of the Town of Rauris.

Vijay Khurana is a writer and translator based between Berlin and London. His work has appeared in NOON, The Guardian, 3: AM Magazine, The Erotic Review and elsewhere. He is currently completing a PhD in Creative and Critical Writing at Queen Mary, University of London, researching the disembodied voice and its effect on diaspora, long-distance relationships and loneliness. An excerpt from his translation of the German novel Red (Hunger) by Senthuran Varatharajah appears in the 2024 White Review translation anthology. The Passenger Seat, his first novel, was shortlisted for the 2022 Novel Prize.