About the Author

Journalist and author Florian Werner studied American, British, and German literature and has published a number of books in Germany including the non-fiction book Rapocalypse, a study of millenarianist HipHop lyrics, and Dark Matter: The History of S**t, a cultural history of human excrement. When he is not writing, he tours with his band, Fon, and plays soccer for the German national team of writers' Autonama. Werner lives in Berlin. Dr. Temple Grandin is a designer of livestock handling facilities, a Professor of Animal Science at Colorado State University and an accomplished author. In 2010, Time Magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people. A linguist by training, Doris Ecker is a full-time translator and writer based in Vancouver.