Alessandro Barbero is an Italian historian, novelist, journalist and broadcaster. He won the 1996 Strega Prize for Bella vita e guerre altrui di Mr. Pyle gentiluomo. In 2005, the Republic of France awarded Barbero with the title of Chevalier de l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres.

Allan Cameron was born in 1952, grew up in Nigeria and Bangladesh, and lived as a young adult in Italy. He has translated twenty-five books including The Anonymous Novel by Alessando Barbero. He lives in Glasgow.