Alicia Kopf is a writer and artist based in Barcelona, Spain. Brother in Ice is the culmination of an artistic cycle of texts and exhibitions entitled Àrticantàrtic, including a 2013 solo show in Barcelona, "Seal Sounds Under the Floor." She has participated in many prestigious exhibitions. The original Catalan manuscript of Brother in Ice won the 2015 Premi Documenta, a prestigious prize for an unpublished Catalan-language work of literature, and upon publication Brother in Ice was awarded the 2016 Premi Llibreter by Catalan booksellers.