Bridgerton fever is about to break out across the land. As Netflix launches the second season of the Regency romance, engagements will be canceled and evenings will be spent at home, hooked on the intrigue generated by London’s elegant high society.

No one could be more excited by this than Julia Quinn, the author of the series of books on which Shondaland’s world-beating adaptation is based. Quinn, 52, has been a successful writer of romantic novels ever since she sold her first at the age of 24 and is the author of 19 consecutive New York Times best-sellers.