Pascal Janovjak (Author) Born in Basel in 1975 to a French mother and a Slovakian father, Pascal Janovjak studied comparative literature and art history in Strasbourg before moving to the Middle East. His works include Coleopt res (Beetles), L'Invisible (The Invisible One) and Toi (To You), which he wrote with Kim Thuy. Stephanie Smee (Translator) Stephanie Smee left a career in law to work as a literary translator. Recent translations include Hannelore Cayre's The Godmother and The Inheritors, Fran oise Frenkel's rediscovered World War II memoir No Place to Lay One's Head, which was awarded the JQ-Wingate Prize, and Joseph Ponthus' prize-winning work On the Line.