Kaitlin Saunders is proficient on the works of Jane Austen and finds that literature written by Austen serves to give her inspiration. At age sixteen, Saunders began her literary career writing her first screenplay, titled "Caroline," later bringing this period piece to life. She directed and produced this film, which gained popularity after being aired on local television. Her first novel, A Modern Day Persuasion, was published in 2011. Saunders and her husband enjoy cuddling up with their children and watching BBC as a family.
Meet Sophie Bennett, a self-professed home-improvement show addict, anglophile, and cat lover, who is sick of being set up because she's nearing the danger zone, aka, entering her thirties without a ring on her finger.
An Austen adaptation of Jane's classic "Persuasion", "A Modern Day Persuasion" is the story of a young woman who loses her fiancé after being swayed by her family to wait. Now older, her former beau is back just as she has found another—who now is the better man?
This modern take on a beloved classic retells the story of the Dashwood sisters as Ellie and Marianne struggle to find true love amid secrets, illness, and broken promises.