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About the Author
Anna Kasabian is a freelance writer, journalist and the author of 16 books—13 on interior design and architecture, and three cookbooks.
Her work as a porcelain artist (Annakasabianporcelain.com) is an extension of her passion for design.
Published Winter of 2020 MAss Market
Scala Arts & Heritage Publishers, London has published the book titled Castle Hill, a brief history of this historic, seaside property in Ipswich, Massachusetts. The summer home of plumbing magnate Richard T. Crane, Jr. was built by architect David Adler in 1928. Owned by the Trustees of Reservations, it has undergone renovations inside and out, including its breath-taking gardens and todaylooks much like it did when the Chicago family summered here.
Fall 2018 New Book Mass Market
Jennifer Post Modern, the second monograph she has written with the renowned designer who has been on the Architectural Digest 100 list for many years. Published by Pointed Leaf Press, NYC.
December 2013 New Book, Private
Ideas for Dwelling, monograph for the Cambridge-MA based architectural firm LDa Architecture & Interiors. Private contract, print-on-demand. This is Anna's 14th book.
April 2012 New Book, Mass Market
Rizzoli International published her 13th book in April 2012, Jennifer Post, Pure Space, Elegant Minimalism, a monograph of this renowned designer- named one of the Top 35 Best Design Books in 2012 by House Beautiful Magazine.
Her articles on interior design and architecture, art, food and cooking, luxury and historic real estate, garden design, home and garden preservation projects and New England have been published in regional and national magazines including Art New England, Country Home, New England Living, Northshore Magazine,The Boston Globe, Cybele, Design New England, New England Home, Boston Magazine, Boston Home The Robb Report, Coastal Living, Connecticut Cottages, and Gardens, LUXE, Ocean Home, Reside, Woman’s Day, Yankee, Down East, and Cooks Illustrated, USA Today Summer 2014 GoEscape; USA Today Fall 2014 Back to School issue.
In 2007 she served as the Northeast Publisher for The History Press's new office based in Salem, MA where she worked to build a staff, edit and acquire books.
She has worked as a freelance acquisitions editor, freelance producer & appeared on HGTV as a design expert, & has been featured on and freelanced for NPR’s Boston affiliate WBUR.
On occasion she takes on freelance projects that call upon her talents as a researcher and interviewer. She contributed to the 2011 published book, Something in the Ether, A Bicentennial History of Massachusetts General Hospital, 1811-2011.
A graduate of Endicott College (AA) and Emerson College (BA), she spent the early part of her career as a journalist and editor at The Hartford Times and Essex County Newspapers. She served as the Boston editor of Panorama and Playbill Magazines and from there moved on to become the Executive Editor of the Crosby-Vandenburg Group/Jubilee Publications where she was instrumental in creating the editorial for several special interest publications, including: CityGuide, TheatreBill, The Boston Restaurant Guide, Settlin’In (a residential guide to living in Massachusetts), The New England Real Estate Directory (a guide to commercial office space)and Premiere—the magazine that re-opened the Wang Center. In addition, she managed and created editorial for numerous Cable Television Guides nationwide, Dimension and ViewerGuide, among them. During this period was a regular guest on local live talk radio shows in Boston promoting living and dining in the city.
She took a new career path and was a principal at DRK, Inc., a Boston-based advertising agency owned with David Kasabian for several years before returning to her passion, publishing and writing in 1996.
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Earlier book releases
Fall 2007 Releases: Packager and co-author, Creative Publishing International:
--The Wild Fish Cookbook: Recipes from North America’s Top Fishing Lodges
--The Wild Game Cookbook. Recipes from North America’s Top Hunting Lodges
2005 Released Books, Rizzoli International:
--The Fifth Taste, Cooking with Umami
Features 25 of America’s top chefs. Foreword by New York Times author and food columnist, Mark Bittman. Reviews from the following luminaries: Chef Mario Batali who calls the book “ a new genre in cooking” as well as Jacques Pepin, Michael Ruhlman and Dr. Robert Wolke. Featured on The Today Show in January 2008.
--Guest Rooms and Private Places.
The book moves from past to present, examining the design of guest rooms and cottages, and features spaces from New England, across the U.S. and Canada. Woven throughout the book are quotes from the quintessential hostess, Edith Wharton.
2004 Released Book, Rizzoli International:
--New England Style
Foreword by Tommy Hilfiger. This is an armchair tour of the region with essays on everything from gardening to architecture and food.
Other published books (oldest to most current):
Commonwealth Editions:
--Ghost writer for personal memoir
--Collaborator on "Something in the Ether, A Bicentennial History of Massachusetts General Hospital, 1811-2011"
Rockport Publishers:
--Designing Interiors with Tile
--East Coast Rooms
--Cooking Spaces; now part of a new collection, Dream Kitchens
--Kids’ Rooms, A Hands On Decorating Guide ; now part of Decorating Kid’s Rooms and Family Friendly Spaces
--The New Home Color Book , also part of a new collection, Color Your House Beautiful
--Modern Nostalgia
--First Impressions, Fresh Looks for Entryways, Hallways and Foyers
Taunton Press:
--Contributed to Updating Classic America: Ranches and Ramblers,
Fall 2003
Weldon Owen:
--Contributed to the 2004 release of Pottery Barn’s book Storage & Display