Her book, The House of Mondavi: The Rise and Fall of an American Wine Dynasty was a New York Times bestseller. She has written for Business Week and The New York Times, and is now a contributing writer for The Wall Street Journal in San Francisco. She lives in Northern California with her husband and sons More information can be found here: http://www.amazon.com/Lost-Kingdom-Americas-Imperial-Adventure/dp/0802120016/ref=sr_1_sc_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1324355863&sr=8-1-spell