Isabel Fargo Cole

Isabel Fargo Cole grew up in New York City, received a BA from the University of Chicago in 1995, and has lived in Berlin ever since as a writer and translator

Thorsten Dönges

Thorsten Dönges, born in Gießen, studied Literature and History in Bamberg.

Zoë Beck

Zoë Beck writes, translates (fiction from English), and co-directs with Jan Karsten the publishing company CulturBooks.

Joanna Lee

Joanna Lee joined Atlantic Books as commissioning editor in 2022, where she has acquired titles including Jean-Baptiste Andrea’s Prix Goncourt-winning Watching Over Her

Elisabeth Ruge

Elisabeth Ruge is an editor, publisher and literary agent. She studied English, American and Slavic studies in Frankfurt a.M., Moscow and the US.

Nora Bierich

In August 2021 Nora became first chairperson of the Weltlesebühne e.V., a network of literary translators, and she belongs to the curatorial team of translationale berlin, a festival for literary translations that first took place in October 2021.

Larissa Bender

Larissa Bender studied islamic studies, ethnology, history of arts and sociology in Cologne and Berlin and spent many years in Syria as part of her studies. She translates Arabic literature from Arabic into German and teaches Arabic. She also works as a journalist and edited 2 anthologies about politics and culture in Syria. Apart from that, she regularly moderates evens with authors, creates reader’s reports for Arabic literature and advises publishers and organisers of cultural events.