About Eliette Abecassis Books
Eliette Abécassis is a French writer and philosopher of Moroccan-Jewish descent, born in France. She also writes for the theater, the movies, and French songs. She regularly appears on television, on the radio, and collaborates with newspapers such as the Huffington Post, Elle, and Le Figaro. She is committed to associations for the defense of the rights of women and children and against violence against women: Le CorP, which she helped to create, against the commodification of women and children, as well as Exils intra muros, which defends families in the street. She lives in Paris. Johanna McCalmont is a freelance translator and interpreter from Norther Ireland. She obtained an MA in French and German at the University of Edinburgh, followed by an MSc in Translation and Interpreting at Heriot Watt University. She translates from Dutch, French, German, and Italian. Her work has been featured by No Man's Land, New Books in German, and the European Literature Network. In 2020, she was a finalist in the Gabo Prize for Literature in Translation. She is a passionate advocate for children's books in translation and is a regular contributor to the World Kid Lit blog. In addition to working as a translator, she also interprets at international conferences and literary events such as the Bergen International Festival, the Edinburgh International Book Festival, the Hay Festival, and the International Booker Prize.
