Cidinha da Silva was born in Belo Horizonte (Minas Gerais, Brazil) and is the author of 17 published works, spanning a variety of genres, including crônicas, short stories, essays, children’s and young adult’s literature. Among her most notable works are Sobre-viventes! (2nd Edition, 2019), #Parem de nos matar! (2nd Edition, 2019), and O teatro negro de Cidinha da Silva (2019). Her first collection of short stories, Um Exu em Nova York (2018), won Brazil’s National Library Award in 2019.
Daniel Persia divides his time between Boston and Brazil, serving as Regional Leader for the US-Brazil Fulbright Commission and Editor-at-Large for Asymptote Journal. Working primarily from Spanish and Portuguese, his research explores collaborative and inclusive frameworks for translating Afro-Brazilian/Black Brazilian literature. His most recent translation, Writings, by Basque sculptor Eduardo Chillida, was published in April 2019 for the re-opening of the Chillida-Leku museum in Hernani, Gipuzkoa, Spain.
Ana Luiza de Oliveira e Silva is a historian and translator based in Ottawa. She holds a PhD in Social History and her doctoral dissertation received Honorable Mention for the 2015-2016 University of São Paulo Social History Award. Currently, she works with text translation, editing and proofreading in English, French, Spanish and Portuguese.