The production notes and Hampton's introduction, written especially for this book, elaborate on the screen-writing challenge and on the collaboration between himself, Joe Wright, the BAFTA Award-winning director for Pride & Prejudice, and producers Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, and Paul Webster.. NOTA: El libro no está en español, sino en inglés.
Ian McEwan is the author of a number of novels and short story collections for adults, including First Love, Last Rites, winner of the Somerset Maugham Award, The Comfort of Strangers, which was nominated for the Booker Prize, Amsterdam, winner of the Booker Prize, and his latest novel, Atonement, which was also nominated for the Booker Prize and is a New York Times best-selling title. The Daydreamer is his first book for young readers. He lives in London, England.