Layla Martínez is a writer and translator from Madrid. She writes about music for El Salto, and about television for La Última Hora. Since 2014 she has co-directed the independent publisher Antipersona. Woodworm is her first novel.
Sophie Hughes is the translator of over twenty novels by authors such as Fernanda Melchor, Alia Trabucco Zerán and Enrique Vila-Matas. She has been shortlisted for the International Booker Prize and the Dublin Literary Award, and longlisted for the National Book Award for Translated Literature.
In 2021, she was awarded the Queen Sofía Translation Prize. Annie McDermott's translations from Spanish and Portuguese include works by Mario Levrero, Selva Almada, Ariana Harwicz and Lídia Jorge. In 2022, she was awarded the Premio Valle-Inclán for her translation of Wars of the Interior by Joseph Zárate.
In 2021, she was awarded the Queen Sofía Translation Prize. Annie McDermott's translations from Spanish and Portuguese include works by Mario Levrero, Selva Almada, Ariana Harwicz and Lídia Jorge. In 2022, she was awarded the Premio Valle-Inclán for her translation of Wars of the Interior by Joseph Zárate.