Shida Bazyar, born in 1988, studied writing in Hildesheim, Germany, and worked in youth education for many years. Her debut novel, Nachts ist es leise in Teheran, won the Blogger Literary Award, Ulla Hahn Prize, and Uwe Johnson Prize, among others, and has been translated into Dutch, Farsi, French, and Turkish. Sisters in Arms is her second novel, and her first to be translated into English. Ruth Martin studied English literature before gaining a PhD in German.
She has been translating fiction and nonfiction books since 2010, by authors ranging from Joseph Roth to Nino Haratischvili. She has taught translation at the University of Kent and the Bristol Translates summer school, and is a former co-chair of the UK's Translators Association.
She has been translating fiction and nonfiction books since 2010, by authors ranging from Joseph Roth to Nino Haratischvili. She has taught translation at the University of Kent and the Bristol Translates summer school, and is a former co-chair of the UK's Translators Association.