SARA DANIÈLE MICHAUD holds a doctorate in comparative literature from the Université de Montréal, and conducted postdoctoral work at the University of Toronto on conversion narratives. Her research and publications have often looked at the notion of the sacred and the intersection of philosophy and literature. She currently teaches literature at the Cégep de Saint-Laurent. Cicatrices: Carnets de conversion, published by Nota Bene in 2022, is her fourth book and the first one to be translated into English.

KATIA GRUBISIC is a writer, editor, and translator. She was coordinator of the Atwater Poetry Project reading series, and was a founding member of the editorial board for the Icehouse Poetry imprint at Goose Lane Editions. Her own work has appeared in various Canadian and international publications. She has been a finalist for the Governor General's Literary Award for translation, and her collection of poems What if red ran out won the Gerald Lampert award for best first book.