Victoria Kastner

When Victoria Kastner paid her first visit to Hearst Castle many years ago, she was told, "An architect named Julia Morgan built this entire estate, but we don't know anything about her." From then on, she was hooked. She spent more than three decades as the castle's official historian, and her previous books include the definitive trilogy of its history. Now an independent researcher and lecturer, she resides in Los Osos, California.

When Victoria Kastner paid her first visit to Hearst Castle many years ago, she was told, "An architect named Julia Morgan built this entire estate, but we don't know anything about her." From then on, she was hooked. She spent more than three decades as the castle's official historian, and her previous books include the definitive trilogy of its history. Now an independent researcher and lecturer, she resides in Los Osos, California. See less