Greenbrae, CA - May 29, 2024: Julie Siler, aged 64 found rowing just a year and a half ago. Becoming a “late-in-life competitive athlete in my sixth decade” has been life changing according to Julie. She trains 3-4 times a week at the Marin Rowing Association, and is part of a team called the “B Team” where the average age is 56 yeas old.

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“Siler offers a fascinating example of the urgency and ambiguity of turn-of-the-century social reform movements and reformers.”

—Booklist, on The White Devil's Daughters

About Julia Flynn Siler

Julia Flynn Siler is a New York Times best-selling author and journalist. Her new book, The White Devil’s Daughters: The Women Who Fought Against Slavery in San Francisco’s Chinatown, was published by Alfred A. Knopf in May of 2019. She is also the author of Lost Kingdom: Hawaii’s Last Queen, the Sugar Kings, and America’s First Imperial Adventure and the The House of Mondavi: The Rise and Fall of an American Wine Dynasty.

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Books by Julia

Featured Article

“It’s getting dark out again. Here’s why it’s actually good for your health.”

National Geographic

As dark sky sanctuaries grow in popularity, scientists are revealing more of the benefits of darkness—from repairing DNA to improving your mental health.

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Praise for Julia's Work

“Julia Flynn Siler has written a diamond of a book—solidly researched, polished, and crafted with a cutting edge."

—T.J. Stiles, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Custer’s Trials and The First Tycoon
on The White Devil's Daughters

“Siler . . . skillfully weaves the tangled threads of this story into a satisfying tapestry about the late 19th-century death of a small nation [with] . . . sympathetic detail.”

—Publishers' Weekly
on Lost Kingdom

“With stellar reporting and clear, enjoyable writing Julia Flynn Siler… describes the long rise and sharp descent of California’s most iconic vintner.”

—Vinography
on The House of Mondavi

Speaking

Julia is a compelling speaker who has engaged with many different kinds of audiences. Her areas of expertise include women’s history, family businesses, family dynasties, business journalism, women in business, Hawaiian history, the California wine industry, and her own experience in combining motherhood with a career as a foreign correspondent and bestselling author. The Napa Register described her talk on her latest book, The White Devil’s Daughters, as “inspiring and a perfect finale to the evening.”

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Featured Interview

The history and landmarks that have been lost to the Maui wildfires

The deadly Maui wildfires have burned through some of the island's most significant historical landmarks and sites. NPR's Juana Summers asks author Julia Flynn Siler: what have we lost?

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Latest Blog Entry

Singing with the Choir

Workmen were pulling up the tattered red carpets of our college chapel at Oxford, which meant that our choir was temporarily homeless for our weekly Wednesday rehearsal. After casting around that afternoon for alternative spaces, our music director came up with a solution: we crossed Holywell Street and entered the grounds of nearby New College,…

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