THE CURSE OF THE GARDEN OF EDEN

DAVID ROSENBERG is the co-author and editor of more than 20 books, including The New York Times bestsellers The Book of J, with Harold Bloom, and Congregation: Contemporary Writers Read the Jewish Bible. His book A Poet’s Bible: Rediscovering the Voices of the Original Text won a PEN prize, and he has received a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Hopwood special award in poetry, and a Canada Council grant. He has taught at the City University of New York and Princeton University. Born in Detroit, Rosenberg is Israeli American and lives in Miami with his wife, Rhonda Rosenberg.

LINDA ROBERTSON is a journalist who has written about a variety of compelling subjects during an award-winning career. As a sports columnist she covered 13 Olympics, Final Fours, World Cups, Wimbledon, the Miami Heat and Hurricanes, Super Bowls, Soul Bowls, Cuban defectors, LeBron James, Tiger Woods, Roger Federer, Lance Armstrong, and Tonya Harding. She golfed with Donald Trump, fished with Jimmy Johnson, learned a magic trick from Muhammad Ali, and partnered with Venus Williams to defeat Serena. She now chronicles our love-hate relationship with Miami, where she grew up.

RHONDA ROSENBERG is an associate research professor at Florida International University. She has co-authored more than 50 peer-reviewed papers and completed many National Institutes of Health grants in HIV research. With her husband, David Rosenberg, she co-founded Field Bridge, a think tank in translating ecosystem science into the cultural arts. She has also collaborated on several books about ancient biblical history and poetics.