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Leïla Sebbar Author & Editor

Leïla Sebbar is a prolific author whose works include essays, short fiction, plays, and film scripts, as well as the novels The Seine Was Red: Paris, October 1961; Silence on the Shores; and Shérazade, Missing: Age 17, dark curly hair, green eyes, among others. Born in Algeria, she lives and teaches in Paris, France.

Skyler Artes works as a translator and has lectured at the University of Colorado, Boulder, USA and the University of Denver, USA.

Mildred Mortimer is Professor Emerita of French and French African Literature at the University of Colorado, Boulder, USA.