Madeleine Stratford is a poet, a literary translator, and a professor at Université du Québec en Outaouais. In 2017, her English translation of a picture book by German author Lilli L'Arronge was shortlisted for a Kirkus Prize. Her French translations of Marianne Apostolides (Elle nage, 2016) and Cherie Dimaline (Pilleurs de rêves, 2019) were both finalists for a Governor General's Literary Award.