Sadia Messaili, born in Morocco, is a primary school teacher and special needs educator. She describes her personal journey as that of "a good immigrant wherever she has lived: Algeria, Croatia, Austriaand Montreal, Québec." Her first book about forced migratory wandering is titled, La route de la dignité.
Aleshia Jensen is a Montreal-based translator and former bookseller. Explosions is her first translation of a novel.