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Julia Flynn Siler

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Nonfiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Business & Investing

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Julia Flynn Siler is the author of The House of Mondavi: The Rise and Fall of an American Wine Dynasty, published by Penguin’s Gotham Books in June, 2007.

A graduate of Brown University and Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism, Ms. Flynn Siler began her career as a staff correspondent for BusinessWeek, working in the magazine’s Los Angeles and Chicago bureaus. She wrote about Midwestern businesses for The New York Times and earned an MBA at night from Northwestern’s Kellogg Graduate School of Management.

In 1993, she won a fellowship to teach business journalism in Prague. Based out of the Center for Independent Journalism, a not-for-profit organization supported, in part, by The New York Times Foundation, Ms. Flynn Siler then...more

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Lunching with One of Hawaii’s Real ‘Descendants’

By Julia Flynn Siler, first published in the Wall Street Journal‘s Speakeasy blog on 3/12/2012

Julia Flynn Siler and Her Royal Highness Princess Abigail Kawananakoa.

A few days before heading to Honolulu on book tour for “Lost Kingdom,” I got a phone call from the assistant to Her Royal Highness Princess Abigail Kawananakoa, the woman who is the most direct descendant of the last queen of Hawaii....

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Average rating: 3.52 · 666 ratings · 227 reviews · 3 distinct works

	The House of Mondavi: The Rise and Fall of an American Wine Dynasty 3.51 avg rating — 564 ratings — published 2007 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Lost Kingdom: The Last Queen, the Sugar Kings and America's First Imperial Adventure 3.63 avg rating — 102 ratings — published 2011 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Lost Kingdom: Hawaii's Last Queen, the Sugar Kings, and America's First Imperial Adventure [With Earbuds] by Julia Flynn Siler (Goodreads Author), Joyce Bean (Performance) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	My rating:

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Julia Flynn Siler wrote a new blog post: My Conversion to Liking Breadfruit: “I’ve been ulu-cized!” My Conversion to Liking Breadfruit: “I’ve been ulu-cized!” When I arrived at a garden near the town of Captain Cook, on the big island of Hawaii, to attend a Breadfruit Festival in late September, I was a s... read more »
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Julia Flynn liked Pat's review of Lost Kingdom: " I received this book in a GoodReads giveaway, but I would have read it anyway. Julia Flynn Siler does a good job on a complex subject, tying all the threads together to show how the United States eventually annexed Hawaii. I was familiar with the... " Read more of this review »
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Julia Flynn liked Sam's review of Lost Kingdom: " I found this book to be a fascinating look at Hawaiian history and the reign of Lili'uokalani and her family. Siler does such a good job with the characters and the story just seems to flow. If you are interested in Hawaii then this is the book fo... " Read more of this review »
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Julia Flynn liked Phyllis's review of Lost Kingdom: " I received this book through the First Reads program. Years ago, I read and loved the fiction book of "Hawaii" by James Michener. His stories of Hawaii from the creation to modern times started my interest in Hawaii and their history. The nonfictio... " Read more of this review »
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Julia Flynn gave to: The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid	My rating:
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Julia Flynn said "yes" to attending the event: Reading: Book Passage SF date: July 13, 2008 01:00PM location: Book Passage @ The Ferry Building, 1 Ferry Building, San Francisco, CA, The United States description: Book Talk and Wine Tasting at the Ferry Building Marketplace Book Passage. For more info: Contact: Kate Ferguson Tel: (415) 927-0960, Ext. 239 Email: kferguson@bookpassage.com
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Julia Flynn gave to: Madapple by Christina Meldrum (Goodreads Author)	My rating:
What a wonderful book! I began it on a Friday afternoon and couldn't put it down until I finished on Saturday! Not only is it beautifully written, with lyrical descriptions of the scenery of rural Maine, but the characters are finely drawn and very...more
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Julia Flynn gave to: The Wednesday Sisters by Meg Waite Clayton (Goodreads Author) recommended for: writers, women, sisters, people interested in the 1960s, people interested in Silicon Valley read in May, 2008	My rating:
For anyone who’s ever dreamed of becoming a writer, The Wednesday Sisters is a book you must read. I loved it! It beautifully captured both the possibilities and pitfalls of writing groups – often in laugh-out-loud moments that I wanted to immediatel...more
May 07, 2008 04:49pm · see review
Julia Flynn gave to: The Wednesday Sisters by Meg Waite Clayton (Goodreads Author) read in May, 2008	My rating:
The Perfect Gift… For anyone who’s ever dreamed of becoming a writer, The Wednesday Sisters is a book you must read. I loved it! It beautifully captured both the possibilities and pitfalls of writing groups – often in laugh-out-loud moments that I wa...more
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