HOPE VIRGINIA MARGOLIS is a Jewish Italian-American artist and historical fiction author. Inspired by her family's Calabrese heritage, her studio (Hope Virginia Fine Art) features paintings and prints of Southern Italian life and Jewish history. Her debut illustrated novel, WORLD STAGE, will be released with Piccola Publishing in May 2027.

She lives in beautiful Boca Raton, Florida, where her art has been sold in all 50 U.S. states, as well as internationally in Italy, France, the United Kingdom, Mexico, Germany, Japan, Canada, and more.