Author: Rebecca F. Kuang Rebecca F. Kuang is a New York Times bestselling author and has been nominated for the Hugo, Nebula, Locus, and World Fantasy Awards. She is a Marshall Scholar, a translator, and holds a Master's degree in Philology with a focus on Chinese Studies from the University of Cambridge, as well as a Master's degree in Sociology with a focus on Contemporary Chinese Studies from the University of Oxford. She is currently pursuing a PhD at Yale University in East Asian Languages and Literatures. Her novels "Babel" and "Yellowface" have been international bestsellers. Both have won numerous awards, including the British Book Award for Best Novel of the Year. Translation by: Jasmin Humburg Jasmin Humburg is a PhD graduate in American Studies, a literary translator from English, and a literature mediator. She lives with her family near Hamburg.