Nataša Dragnic was born in Split, Croatia in 1965. After studying German, English and French, she attended the Croatian School of Diplomacy. She currently lives in Erlangen, Germany. Every Day, Every Hour is her first novel, an international bestseller which has been sold in over 25 countries.Liesl Schillinger is a critic for the New York Times Book Review and has written for many publications in America and Europe, including Newsweek, The Washington Post, the New Republic, Independent on Sunday, Financial Times, Moscow Magazine and the New Yorker, where she was on the editorial staff for nearly two decades. She translates fiction from German, Italian and French, and publishes the illustrated neologisms blog, Wordbirds.