K. J. Dell'Antonia

K. J. Dell'Antonia writes fiction and nonfiction about family life with practical detail and humor. The Chicken Sisters is her debut novel, published by G. P. Putnam’s Sons in 2020. Set around two rival fried-chicken restaurants in a small Kansas town, it follows sisters Amanda and Mae as a reality television competition exposes a long family feud and competing ideas about work, loyalty, and home. The novel became a Reese’s Book Club selection and was adapted for television. Dell'Antonia previously edited Motherlode, co-hosted the #AmWriting podcast, and wrote How to Be a Happier Parent, experience that supports her close attention to household tensions and repair.