W. Donald Wilson was born and educated in Ireland, taking degrees in modern languages and French literature at Trinity College Dublin. He has taught at universities in the West Indies, the UK, and at the University of Waterloo, where he has spent most of his career. He has twice been long-listed for the Best Translated Book Award in the US, and has been a finalist for the French-American Foundation’s translation prize and the Governor General’s Literary Awards. He lives in Baden, Ontario.