Per Winther is a professor of American literature at the University of Oslo. The author of The Art of John Gardner: Instruction and Exploration, Winther serves as the editor of American Studies in Scandanavia. He lives in Flateby, Norway. Jakob Lothe is a professor of English literature at the University of Oslo. Lothe's works include Conrad's Narrative Method and Narrative in Fiction and Film. Lothe lives in Oslo. Hans H. Skei is a professor of comparative literature at the University of Oslo and chair of the Department of Scandinavian Studies and Comparative Literature. He is the author of three books on Faulkner's short story achievement. He also lives in Oslo.