Niklas Natt och Dag is a member of the oldest surviving noble family in Sweden. His ancestors were responsible for the murder of the rebel Engelbrekt in 1436, commanded the army that lost Stockholm to the Danes in 1520, and were forced into exile after having demanded the abdication of Charles XIV in 1810. His surname, Natt och Dag, translates into Night and Day. The origin of this slightly unusual name is the family crest, a shield split horizontally in gold and blue.
Ian Giles has a Ph.d in Scandinavian literature from the University of Edinburgh.
He translates fiction and non-fiction from Swedish, Norwegian and Danish. He was shortlisted his translation of Into A Raging Blaze for the CWA International Dagger in 2015. He is the Chair of the Swedish - English Literary Translators' Association. He lives in Edinburgh.