Julia Sonneborn

Julia Sonneborn is an English professor and a Los Angeles native. After heading east for college and graduate school, she returned to California, where she now lives with her husband, two children, two cats, and a dog. When she's not reading, writing, or talking about books, she enjoys trying new restaurants, reading online gossip blogs, and throwing dinner parties. Her novel, "By the Book," is a modern retelling of Jane Austen's "Persuasion."