David Foenkinos is a novelist, screenwriter and director. He is the author of fourteen novels that have been translated into forty languages. Several of his works have been adapted for film, including Delicacy (2011). The Mystery of Henri Pick (2020) was published in collaboration with Channel 4's Walter Presents, and Second Best was adapted for a major UK stage production in 2025. He received the 2014 Prix Renaudot and Prix Goncourt des Lycéens for Charlotte.

Sam Taylor is an award-winning literary translator and novelist. He has translated more than 60 books from the French, including Laurent Binet's HHhH and Leïla Slimani's The Perfect Nanny.