With an exten­sive health­care back­ground and a pas­sion for med­ical, women’s, and Jew­ish immi­grant his­to­ry, Ms. Rubin began writ­ing in 2009 after a seri­ous can­cer diag­no­sis. She now has a four-book deal with Lev­el Best Books (Thread­bare, In the Hands of Women-2023, and Over There-2025), fol­low­ing the fic­tion­al life of her great-grandmother’s family.