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Rome,” Storey decided to chron- icle the novel through Raphael’s point of view as she explained the tale is often accounted through Michelangelo’s.
“It is in the first person, so it’s Raphael sitting down to tell you his version of events,” said Sto- rey. “This story revolves around Michelangelo painting the Sistine ceiling down in Rome at the Vat- ican, but that story’s always told through Michelangelo’s eyes be- cause Michelangelo was sort of the victor and the hero. ... I wanted to tell it through his rival eyes during those years, which is Ra- phael. So while Michelangelo’s painting the Sistine ceiling, Rapha- el’s just down the hall decorating the pope’s private apartment. ... I sort of got to slip in his skin and see that world through his eyes.”
But what draws Storey to the historical genre?
“I’m always interested in learn- ing something while reading, but let me have it in a really good story where I get to be swept up in the characters and the people,” she explained. “Not to mention I’ve been obsessed with Michelangelo since I was 19 years old. That’s where it started. ... I think art his- tory can teach us a lot about the
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world, how we see humanity, and how getting into stories of history can teach us about our current lives. It drives me nuts when people put art- ists up on pedestals. We treat them like they’re untouchable, and they’re not. They’re just like you and I. They faced the same struggles. They had the same battles. Their families didn’t support them, or they didn’t have enough money, or they doubted themselves. ... That’s what draws me to writing about the great artists.”
With a book tour that has been put on pause due to COVID-19 affect- ing the population worldwide, Storey hopes that people who pick up her novel realize they don’t have to be consumed by challenges, but that they can try “in their own way to keep bending the world toward beauty.”
“Right now, I’m not supposed to be sitting in Hot Springs,” she said.














































































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