Born in 1997, Fabian Menor is an illustrator, graphic novel author, and designer. He received a degree from Geneva'scole suprieure debande-dessine et d'illustration(Graphic Arts and Illustration Institute). His comic Elise (2020) received significant critical success. He lives in Geneva, Switzerland. Michelle Bailat-Jones is a translator and novelist living in Switzerland. She has translated several short stories as well as two novels by C. F. Ramuz, Beauty on Earth and What if the Sun...? Her other translations include work by Clarisse Francillon, Claude Cahun, Julia Allard Daudet, Laure Mi-Hyun Croset, and Cline Cerny.
Our smallness in the face of nature is at the heart of Derborence. Ramuz's words meet their match with Fabian Menon's paintbrush. - Le Temps This story of life and death is beautifully staged - dBD Art and Culture Magazine Menor renders the tenderness that binds people together when faced with the harshness of the mountains and with tragedy - Swiss Public Broadcasting Fabian Menbor's brush exudes a raw power that channels the spirit of the original. - Geneva Tribune