Francoise Dorner is an actor, playwright, and screenwriter. In 1994 she was awarded the Prix du Jeune Thebtre by the Academie Francaise for two of her plays. "The Woman in the Row Behind", which won the Prix Goncourt du Premier Roman in 2004, is her first novel. She lives in Paris. Translator Adriana Hunter has been working as a translator for seven years. She has translated many award-winning works including Catherine Millet's incendiary international bestseller "The Sexual Life of Catherine M." She lives in King's Lynn, England.