Translated from the Romanian; original title: Cartea ÷soaptelor.

Varujan Vosganian is a Romanian author and prime-vice president of the Union of Writers in Romania. He has been a member of Parliament and has served as minister of economy and finance. The Book of Whispers has been translated into more than twenty languages; it is his first translation into English. Alistair Ian Blyth is a British translator of Romanian, French, and Latin.