Anthony Passeron was born in Nice, France, in 1983. He teaches French literature and the humanities in a secondary school. Published in sixteen languages, Sleeping Children is his first novel. It was awarded many prizes in France, including the Prix Wepler and the Prix Première Plume.

Frank Wynne has translated the work of numerous French and Hispanic authors, including Michel Houellebecq, Patrick Modiano, Javier Cercas, and Virginie Despentes. His work has earned him many prizes, including the Scott Moncrieff Prize, the Premio Valle Inclán, and the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award with Houellebecq for The Elementary Particles. His translation of Jean Baptiste Del Amo's Animalia won the 2020 Republic of Consciousness Prize.

"In brief chapters and straightforward prose, Passeron patiently unfolds the harrowing family drama and medical mystery. It's a searing testament to how the dead live on in their loved ones' memory."
--Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"Without ever raising his voice, Anthony Passeron has shattered the family silence that scabbed over tragedy and has produced a work so powerful, so moving, that it lingers long after reading. Magnificent."
--Annie Ernaux, Nobel Prize winner and author of The Young Man