Steven Amarnick is Professor of English at the City University of New York (Kingsborough Community College). In addition to his work on The Duke's Children, Prof. Amarnick has lectured and written extensively on other aspects of Trollope's fiction. Most recently, he is author of 'A Christmas Cavil: Trollope Re-Writes Dickens in the Outback, ' in The Edinburgh Companion to Anthony Trollope (Edinburgh University Press, 2018); 'Can You Forgive Him?: Trollope, Jews, and Prejudice, ' in The Routledge Research Companion to Anthony Trollope (Routledge, 2016); and 'Killing Mrs Proudie, ' in Trollopiana (Winter 2012-13). He was also curator of the exhibition 'Anthony Trollope: The Art of Modesty, ' at the Fales Collection, New York University (1998).