David Gitlitz and Linda Kay Davidson are professors at the University of Rhode Island. Each has written several books on Spanish culture, including "Gitlitz's Secrecy "and "Deceit", an alternate selection of the History Book Club and winner of the 1996 National Jewish Book Award for Sephardic Studies and the 1997 Lucy B. Dawidowicz Prize for History. They are married and "A Drizzle of Honey" is the first book they have written together. They are also the authors of "The Pilgrimage Road to Santiago".