Tnu nnepalu (b. 1962) writes autobiographically influenced fiction under a variety of pen names, including, in the case of Exercises, Anton Nigov. He received the Baltic Assembly Prize. He lives in Tallinn and on the Estonian island of Hiiumaa. Adam Cullen (b. 1986) is a translator of Estonian prose, poetry, and drama into English. His latest translations include Tnu nnepalus Exercises (2019), Eno Rauds The Gothamites (2019), and Kai Aareleids Burning Cities (2018, long-listed for the 2020 International Dublin Literary Award). Originally from Minnesota, he has lived in Estonia for over a decade.