Peter Schneider is one of Germany's best-known political essayists, the author of The Wall Jumper and the novel Couplings. He lives in Berlin.

Philip Boehm has translated more than thirty novels and plays by German and Polish writers, including Herta Müller, Franz Kafka, and Hanna Krall. For these translations he has received numerous awards, including NEA and Guggenheim fellowships and most recently the Helen and Kurt Wolff Translator’s Prize. He also works as a theater director and playwright.

Peter Schneider is one of Germany's best-known political essayists, the author of The Wall Jumper and the novel Couplings. He lives in Berlin.