Heike Hartung has published widely in interdisciplinary ageing studies. Recent publications include Ageing, Gender and Illness in Anglophone Literature and Embodied Narration. She is a founding member of the European Network in Ageing Studies and co-editor of the Transcript Aging Studies publication series. Rüdiger Kunow is a retired Full Professor and Chair of the American Studies program at Potsdam University, Germany. He is a founding member of ENAS, the European Network in Aging Studies, and currently involved in the MASCAGE project. Matthew Sweney is an editor and translator, lecturer at Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic and researcher in the MASCAGE project ＂Ageing Masculinities＂ at the Center for Inter-American Studies, University of Graz, Austria. He earned his PhD in English and American Studies at Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic.