Beth Nigro graduated with a Master's Degree from Fordham University, in New York, where she studied the philosophy of Animal Rights, independently, writing her Master's Essay (The Gulf Between Us: ...view moreBeth Nigro graduated with a Master's Degree from Fordham University, in New York, where she studied the philosophy of Animal Rights, independently, writing her Master's Essay (The Gulf Between Us: An essay on the human and nonhuman in Western Philosophical Thought) about the issues discussed in the novel.view less