Karen Joy Fowler’s new book, The Jane Austen Book Club, will be published by Putnam in April, 2004. She has five previous books, including two short story collections. Her third novel, Sister Noon, was a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner award. She lives in Davis, California.

• March 2004: Jane and Me
  Jane Austen may not have much in common with comic books or fairy tales, but she’s got even less in common with teen girls’ magazines.