Montrealer Louise Bouchard has published two novels, and three poetry collections, including L'inséparable (Grand Prix de poésie du Journal de Montréal, 1989) and Entre les mondes (Prix de poésie de la revue Estuaire, 2007). Born in Old Windsor, England, Christine Tipper works as an interpreter and translator. She is a widely published literary translator, poet and author/ illustrator of children's books.

Christine Tipper holds a Ph.D. and a Masters in French literary translation from the University of Exeter, England, and is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Linguists and of the Conseil International d'Études Francophones. She works as a freelance interpreter, translator and a freelance teacher of translating and interpreting on Masters programmes at the University of Bath. She has translated several authors for Guernica including Changing Shores by Nadine Ltaif, Evelyne Wilwerth's Smile, you're getting old, and Danielle Fournier's We Come From The Same Light.