Ellie Byrne is Senior Lecturer in English at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK, where she teaches contemporary literature. She has published on Hilary Mantel, Nicola Barker, Ali Smith and on questions of borders, hospitality, queer theory, Brexit and migration.

Alex J. Calder teaches modern and contemporary literature across the University of Cambridge, UK. He has published on Ali Smith, Max Porter, and Eley Williams in relation to experimental fiction, art writing, creative criticism, intertextuality, affect, and socio-political issues.