Islam Issa is Professor of Literature and History at Birmingham City University. He is author of Milton in the Arab-Muslim World (2016), winner of the Milton Society of America's First Book award, Shakespeare and Terrorism (2021), and Alexandria: The City that Changed the World (2023). He is co-editor of Milton in Translation (2017), winner of the Milton Society of America's Irene Samuel Memorial Award, and Digital Milton (2018). As a broadcaster and curator, he has presented radio and TV programmes including Cleopatra and Me: In Search of a Lost Queen, and curated exhibitions at public venues including Shakespeare's Birthplace.
Angelica Duran is Professor at Purdue University where she has been on the English and Comparative Literature faculties since earning her PhD in English Literature from Stanford in 2000, and has served as Director of the Religious Studies Program and Interim Director of the Creative Writing Program. She is the author of over 60 shorter publications and two monographs, most recently Milton among Spaniards (2020). She is the editor or co-editor five volumes including Milton in Translation (2017).