Born in 1934, Elisabeth de Fontenay was closely associated with the late Jacques Derrida and is professor emeritus of philosophy at the Sorbonne. She is the author of Le silence des betes: La philosophie a l'epreuve de l'animalite and Diderot: Reason and Resonance.
Will Bishop received his doctorate in French literature from the University of California, Berkeley. He lives in Paris, where he teaches and translates.