K.J. Dell’Antonia

KJ Dell’ Antonia is a self help, chic lit and fiction author. She is best known as the author of “Why I Didn’t Answer Your Email,” the viral “New York Times” essay and her debut novel “The Chicken Sisters.” She is also a former editor of “Motherlode,” a blog at the “Times.” Her first novel has been described as a humorous and timely take on the many themes she used to tackle when she was a journalist. Some of these themes include the need to value the people we interact with in person rather than the ones in laptops and cell phones, figuring out what makes one happy and the how critical it is to find joy in families. The novel tells hilarious stories about two small town sisters one of whom stayed and another that left who now try to resolve their feud over who had it better.