Matt Riordan grew up in Michigan but spent much of his twenties working on commercial fishing boats in Alaska. After college, Matt drifted from commercial fishing through a variety of jobs before landing in law school. He then became a litigator in New York City, where he practiced for twenty years. He now lives with his family in Australia.

Ben Macintyre is the multimillion-copy bestselling author of books including The Siege, Colditz, Agent Sonya, SAS: Rogue Heroes, The Spy and the Traitor, Agent Zigzag, Operation Mincemeat and A Spy Among Friends. He is a columnist and Associate Editor at The Times, and has worked as the newspaper's correspondent in New York, Paris and Washington. Several of his books have been made into films and television series, including Operation Mincemeat, A Spy Among Friends and SAS: Rogue Heroes.

Miguel Bonnefoy se fait remarquer en 2009 avec La Maison et le Voleur (Grand Prix de la Nouvelle de la Sorbonne) et Quand on enferma le labyrinthe dans le Minotaure (Édition du Giano). En 2011, Naufrages est finaliste du Prix de l’Inaperçu, suivi en 2013 par Icare et autres nouvelles, Prix du Jeune Écrivain. Son premier roman, Le Voyage d’Octavio(2015), reçoit plusieurs distinctions, dont le Prix de la Vocation, et est finaliste du Goncourt du Premier Roman. Il enchaîne avec Jungle (2016), Sucre Noir (2017), puis Héritage (2020), couronné du Prix des Libraires. Pensionnaire à la Villa Médicis (2018-2019), puis fellow du DAAD à Berlin (2021-2022), il publie L’Inventeur (2022, Prix Patrimoines) et Le rêve du Jaguar (2024), lauréat du Grand Prix de l’Académie Française et du Prix Femina.

DBC Pierre was a visual artist based in Mexico and Spain before writing his first novel in London. His debut Vernon God Little became the first book to win both a Booker and a Whitbread prize, and went on to be published in 43 territories, leading to another three novels, a novella, and four works of non-fiction, including Release the Bats, a guide to breaking through in writing. Pierre divides his time between the UK and Ireland.