Laurel Ann Nattress

A life-long acolyte of Jane Austen, Laurel Ann Nattress is the debut editor of the Austen-inspired short story anthology Jane Austen Made Me Do It, to be released on... more

A life-long acolyte of Jane Austen, Laurel Ann Nattress is the debut editor of the Austen-inspired short story anthology Jane Austen Made Me Do It, to be released on October 11, 2011 by Ballantine Books. Her popular blog Austenprose.com is devoted to the oeuvre of her favorite author and the many books and movies that she has inspired. She is a life member of the Jane Austen Society of North America and a regular contributor to the PBS blog Remotely Connected. Classically trained as a landscape designer at California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo, she has also worked in marketing for a Grand Opera company and at present she delights in introducing neophytes to the charms of Miss Austen’s prose as a bookseller at Barnes & Noble. An expatriate of Southern California, Laurel Ann lives in a country cottage near Snohomish, Washington where it rains a lot. Blog: Austenprose – A Jane Austen Blog http://austenprose.com/ ; Facebook Laurel Ann Nattress http://www.facebook.com/laurel.ann.nattress ; Twitter @Austenprose http://twitter.com/#!/Austenprose