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Katherine Wilson

Biography

Katherine Wilson

Katherine Wilson was born and raised in Washington, D.C. She graduated Magna Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Princeton University, where she studied with Toni Morrison and Peter Sellars. She has lived in Italy for the past nineteen years, working in television, film and theater. Most recently, she acted in Giuseppe Tornatore’s The Best Offer, with Geoffrey Rush and Donald Sutherland. She lives in Rome with her husband and their two children.

Katherine Wilson

Books by Katherine Wilson

Only in Naples: Lessons in Food and Famiglia from My Italian Mother-in-Law
by Katherine Wilson - Cooking, Memoir, Nonfiction

Fresh out of college, Katherine arrives in Naples to intern at the United States Consulate. When she meets handsome, studious Salvatore one evening, she finds herself immediately enveloped by his elegant mother, Raffaella, and the rest of the Avallone family. Immersed in Neapolitan culture, traditions and cuisine, slowly and unexpectedly falling for Salvatore, and longing for Raffaella’s company and guidance, Katherine discovers how to prepare meals that sing. Part travel tale, part love letter, ONLY IN NAPLES is a sumptuous story that is a feast for the senses.