Gudrun Pausewang

Gudrun Pausewang is a highly acclaimed, award-winning author in her native Germany. She was an eyewitness to events of the period in which the book is set, and was forced to flee her own village at age 17.

John Brownjohn has translated more than 50 novels into English from German and French. He is also a screenwriter whose credits include the Roman Polanski films "Pirates" and "The Ninth Gate."