Laura Bifano a grandi sur la côte nord-ouest du Pacifique, une région pluvieuse, où elle passait ses journées à courir dans la forêt et à dessiner. Depuis qu’elle a obtenu son diplôme de l’Alberta College of Art and Design en 2008, elle partage son temps entre l’illustration, les beaux-arts et les dessins animés.

Over the past twenty years, Rachel Martinez has published more than eighty translations in various genres for renowned French-speaking publishers, including novels, biographies, essays and children's literature. She was part of the advisory board of the Banff International Literary Translation Center from 2017 until its dissolution in 2019, and served for several years on the board of directors of the Literary Translators Association of Canada. A mention on the 2014 Honor List of the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) and the 2017 Quebec Booksellers Prize (in the 12-17 years old, outside Quebec category) are among the marks of recognition she has received. In 2005, Rachel won the Canadian Governor General's Award in French translation for Glenn Gould, une vie by Kevin Bazzana and was also a finalist in 2013 and 2015.