Car­o­line Gold­berg Igra is an author, an art his­to­ri­an, a triath­lete, and a moth­er. A native Philadel­phi­an, she lives in Tel Aviv. She has pub­lished non­fic­tion, art his­tor­i­cal arti­cles, and exhi­bi­tion cat­a­logs. Her mono­graph on J.D. Kirszen­baum was cho­sen as one of Slate Mag­a­zine​’s Best Books. Her first nov­el, Count to a Thou­sand, was pub­lished in 2018, From Where I Stand, in Jan­u­ary 2022. Her forth­com­ing nov­el, Pic­tures of My Desire, will be pub­lished in Octo­ber 2025.