Juan Pablo Villalobos was born in Guadalajara, Mexico, in 1973. He now lives in Barcelona, Spain, and has two Mexican-Brazilian-Italian-Catalan children. Down the Rabbit Hole is his frst novel. It was published in 2010 and has already been translated into seven languages.

Iosi Havilio was born in Buenos Aires in 1974. Open Door is his frst novel. His second novel is Estocolmo (Stockholm). Originally published in Argentina, both have now been issued in Spain. He is currently working on a novel that follows on from Open Door.

Oleg Zaionchkovsky worked as an engineer in a rocket factory in the small town of Khotkovo until a recent move to Moscow.

Deborah Levy writes fiction, plays and poetry. Her work has been staged by the Royal Shakespeare Company, and she is the author of highly praised books including Beautiful Mutants, Swallowing Geography (both Jonathan Cape) and Billy and Girl (Bloomsbury).

Clemens Meyer is one of Germany’s most exciting writers. Born in 1977 in what was then East Germany, he worked as a security guard, forklift driver and construction worker while completing his first novel.

Christoph Simon was born in 1972 in Emmental, Switzerland. After travels through the Middle East, Poland, South America, London and New York, he has settled in Berne. Zbinden’s Progress is his fourth and already highly acclaimed book.