Rubin, the daughter of a window cleaner and housewife from New Jersey, already had experience in writing about an Italian luminary from centuries past.

• 鲁宾，一个新泽西的擦窗工人兼家庭主妇的女儿，在写作方面已小有经验，她曾写过一本关于几个世纪前的一位意大利大师的书。