The Editor - How Publishing Legend Judith Jones Shaped Culture in America

The unknown book editor, featured in the HBO show “Julia,” finally gets her due in this colorful biography of Judith Jones--who published Julia Child, Anne Frank, and Sylvia Plath

About the author

Sara B. Franklin is a writer, teacher, and oral historian. She received a 2020–2021 National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Public Scholars grant for her research on Judith Jones, and teaches courses on food, writing, embodied culture, and oral history at NYU’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study. She is the author of The Editor, the editor of Edna Lewis, and coauthor of The Phoenicia Diner Cookbook. She holds a PhD in food studies from NYU and studied documentary storytelling at both the Duke Center for Documentary Studies and the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies. She lives with her children in Kingston, New York. Find out more at SaraBFranklin.com.

Summary

The unknown book editor, featured in the HBO show “Julia,” finally gets her due in this colorful biography of Judith Jones--who published Julia Child, Anne Frank, and Sylvia Plath

Product details

• Authors: Sara B Franklin, Sara B. Franklin, Sara B Franklin
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.01.2025
• EAN: 9781982134372
• ISBN: 978-1-9821-3437-2
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 213 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 259 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Art; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Editors, Journalists, Publishers, Biography: general, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Culinary, Cookery / food & drink etc, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, Media, Information & Communication Industries, Cookery / food and drink / food writing