Marc Petitjean is a writer, filmmaker, and photographer. He has directed several documentaries, including
From Hiroshima to Fukushima, on Dr. Shuntaro Hida;
Living Treasure, about Japanese kimono painter Kunihiko Moriguchi; and
Zones grises, on his own search for information about the life of his father, Michel Petitjean, after his death. He is the author of
Back to Japan (Other Press, 2021) and
The Heart: Frida Kahlo in Paris (Other Press, 2020).
Adriana Hunter studied French and Drama at the University of London. She has translated more than ninety books, including Marc Petitjean's
The Heart: Frida Kahlo in Paris and Hervé Le Tellier's
The Anomaly and
Eléctrico W, winner of the French-American Foundation's 2013 Translation Prize in Fiction. She lives in Kent, England.