Sverker Sörlin is an author, historian, and science communicator. He is currently Professor of Environmental History at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm and during his career has worked with universities and institutes in Berkeley, Princeton, Cambridge, Vancouver, Cape Town, Oslo, and others. As a public intellectual he is a defining voice in Swedish public affairs, writing, broadcasting and as a science policy advisor to the Swedish government.
His more than forty books include bestselling literary non-fiction, biographies, academic books, journalism, and personal essays on everything from climate change, the Anthropocene, and Charles Darwin to gout, popular education, and cross country skiing. In 2004 he received the August Award for Non-fiction, Sweden's pre-eminent literary award, and in 2024 the Inge Jonsson Prize, awarded by 'The Nine Foundation' for outstanding non-fiction.

Dr. Elizabeth DeNoma is a literary translator from Scandinavian languages, as well as a developmental editor and publishing consultant specialising in international literature. In addition to The Darkness Manifesto, her recent translations include Jellyfish Age Backwards by Nicklas Brendborg and Winter Swimming by Susanna Søberg.