Victoria Kastner, Author

Chronicling the Lives of Extraordinary People

Welcome to my website! I am delighted to introduce my most recent work: Julia Morgan: An Intimate Biography of the Trailblazing Architect, published by Chronicle Books. This is the first volume to reveal the story of Julia’s private life–which was as remarkable as the career she forged as the world’s most prominent female architect. To hear me narrate part of the book’s Introduction, click here for a sample of Hachette’s audiobook. Or if you would like to hear an extended interview I gave about the book, click here. Julia Morgan is filled with never-before-told anecdotes and gorgeous photography by Alexander Vertikoff. I’m eager to share it with you. I’ll be posting some of my new discoveries, as well as my upcoming book-signings and speaking engagements, so check back frequently.

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Happy 153rd Birthday, Julia (1872-1957)!

A few of the birthday greetings Julia received from her family still survive. They were mailed to her in Paris, where she was studying architecture. Her mother Eliza. . .

A Birthday Present

Julia’s sister Emma sent her a novel for her twenty-ninth birthday, writing on January 6, 1901: “I wish you ever so many happy Birthdays and this one too – trusting in some way that you may have. . .

A Groundbreaking Talking Picture

Though Julia’s brother Avery did not arrive in Paris until nine months after she had attended Cyrano de Bergerac, he may have been able to watch a brief… Read more »

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Books byVictoria Kastner

An Intimate Biography of the Trailblazing Architect.

My new book,Julia Morgan: An Intimate Biography of the Trailblazing Architect,is now available everywhere.