Information about the Author Jules Gabriel Verne (1828-1905) was a French author and a pioneer of the science fiction genre. His novels include "Journey to the Center of the Earth," "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea," and "Around the World in Eighty Days." David Coward is an emeritus professor of French at the University of Leeds. He has translated numerous French classics, including the plays of Molière, the novels of Simenon, and Albert Cohen's "Belle du Seigneur," for which he received the Scott Moncrieff Prize in 1996. Coralie Bickford-Smith is an award-winning designer at Penguin Books (U.K.), where she has created several highly acclaimed series designs. She studied typography at the University of Reading and lives in London. Blurb: A new edition of the classic science fiction novel, translated by David Coward.