Yuri Felsen was the pseudonym of Nikolai Freudenstein. Born in St. Petersburg in 1894, he emigrated to Europe and settled in Paris in 1923. In France, he became one of the leading writers of his generation, and his writing stood at the forefront of aesthetic and philosophical currents in European literature.
A native of the United Kingdom, Audie and AudioFile Earphones Award winner Derek Perkins's audiobook narration skills are augmented by a knowledge of three foreign languages and a facility with accents. He has narrated numerous titles in a wide range of fiction and nonfiction genres. He is a member of SAG-AFTRA.
Bryan Karetnyk is a British writer and translator. His recent translations include works by Gaito Gazdanov, Irina Odoevtseva, and Boris Poplavsky. He is also the editor of the landmark Penguin Classics anthology Russian Émigre Short Stories from Bunin to Yanovsky.