Phosphorescence: a memoir of finding joy when your world goes dark - julia baird

Julia Baird is a bestselling author and award-winning journalist.

She hosts The Drum on ABCTV in Australia and writes columns for The New York Times and The Sydney Morning Herald .

After moving to the United States to take up a fellowship at the Harvard Kennedy School, she became a columnist and senior editor at Newsweek .

Julias biography of Queen Victoria was published in several countries to critical acclaim and was one of The New York Times s top ten books of the year.

She lives near the sea with her two children and a large dog.