Hans Kooistra is associate professor in the department of the clinical science of companion animals at the veterinary faculty of the University of Utrecht.
Helena López-Casares Pertusa graduated in Information Science from the Universidad Complutense in Madrid (with a doctorate from the same University), and is an academic expert on Public Communication and Defence for the National University of distance Learning (UNED) and the Instituto Gutiérrez Mellado. She has Masters in Marketing and Communication from Business Management Institute IDE CESEM, and in Communications Management and PR from ECOL-Universidad in Barcelona.
Henrique Niño Ricoi was born in 1947 in A Coruña, where he still lives. He studied agricultural engineering and is now a civil servant. He has published a Guide to the Trees of Galicia, A Study Guide to the Ferns of Galicia, A Study Guide to the Trees of Galicia, Study Guide to the Natural Productivity of Baldaio, Study Guide to the flora and vegetation of Galicia and Baldaio Nature Reserve.
Hernán Rivera Letelier (Chile, 1950) grew up and worked for many years in the saltpeter mines of Atacama, in northern Chile. His most well-known novel Queen Isabel Sang Rancheras catapulted him to fame in 1994. Winner of the Chilean National Book Award, it is one of the most widespread literary works in recent Chilean fiction. Two years later, he won the National Book Award again for his novel Ode to an Angel Standing on One Leg. His next two novels, Mirage of Love with a Musical Band and Trains to Purgatory, were also the recipients of important awards.