Susan Goldman Rubin grew up in the Bronx and became an avid theatergoer from the time she was taken to see her first Broadway show. Rubin is the author of more than fifty books for young people, many of them on the arts. Her titles include Music Was It! Young Leonard Bernstein (American Library Association Notable Childrens Book, Sydney Taylor Book Award winner, and YALSA finalist), and Everybody Paints! The Lives and Art of the Wyeth Family (Booklist Top 10 Biographies for Youth). She lives in Malibu, California.