Gerald Chapple is an award-winning translator of German literature. He received his doctorate at Harvard University and taught German and comparative literature at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. He has been translating contemporary German-language fiction, poetry, and nonfiction for more than forty years. Among his seven translations for AmazonCrossing are four novels of suspense by the Swiss-Canadian author and journalist Bernadette Calonego: The Zurich Conspiracy, Under Dark Waters, Stormy Cove, and The Stranger on the Ice. He lives in Dundas, Ontario, with his wife, Nina, and can often be found studying birds, butterflies, and dragonflies; reading; listening to classical music; or enjoying his children and grandchildren in New York.