Benoît Reiss (1976) was born in Lyon and studied literature in Lyon and in Paris. He also lived in Japan for a time. He is currently co-editor-in-chief of the publishing house Cheyne. His two most recent books are “L’Anglais Volant” (“The Flying Englishman”, publ. by Quidam, 2017) and “Svetlana” (publ. by Cheyne, 2018).