JULIO ANTONIO MOLINETE was born in Manzanillo, Cuba. A poet, storyteller, editor, journalist, documentary filmmaker and researcher, he is the recipient of a Lone Star Emmy Award as a news producer (2019). His books include Mercy Is Named Delilah (Ediciones Laponia, 2020), Brújula quebrada (NEO Club Ediciones, 2017), La Piedad se llama Dalila (Ediciones Bayamo, 2002) and En coche por el Arcoíris (Editorial Sanlope, 2000). His work has been published in anthologies, literary magazines, tabloids, and newspapers in the United States, Chile, Spain, Ecuador, Argentina and Mexico. He teaches Spanish at Louisiana State University. CLAUDIA NAVARRO was born in Mexico City and studied graphic design at the National School of Arts at UNAM. She illustrated El cumpleaños de mi hermana Dulce / My Sister Dulce's Birthday (Piñata Books, 2022), La Divina Catrina / Oh, Divine Catrina (Piñata Books, 2020) and La Frontera: El viaje con papa / My Journey with Papá (Barefoot Books, 2018).
