Suzane Adam is the author of Mayamiya and Janis's Mother, which was awarded Israel's Kugel Literary Prize. She has taught art, creative thinking, image consulting, and computerized commercial presentation. She has also worked as an illustrator and developed games for one of Israel's largest toy firms. Becka Mara McKay's poetry and translations have appeared in American Letters and Commentary, eXchanges, Hayden's Ferry Review, small spiral notebook, and TWO LINES, among others, and she has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize, a literary prize honoring the best poetry, short fiction, and essays published in small presses and magazines. She lives in Iowa City, Iowa.