Judith Bailey (1924-03-10)March 10, 1924 New York City, U.S.
Died
August 2, 2017(2017-08-02) (aged 93) Walden, Vermont, U.S.
Occupation
Writer, editor
Citizenship
American
Education
Brearley School
Alma mater
Bennington College
Spouse
Evan Jones
(m. 1951; died 1996)
Judith Jones (née Bailey; March 10, 1924 – August 2, 2017)[1] was an American writer and editor, best known for having rescued The Diary of Anne Frank from the reject pile.[2] Jones also championed Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking.[3][4] She retired as senior editor and vice president at Alfred A. Knopf in 2011[5] and fully retired in 2013 after more than 60 years at the company.[6]
Jones was also a cookbook author and memoirist. She won multiple lifetime achievement awards, including the James Beard Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award in 2006.[7]
^Yonan, Joe (August 2, 2017). "Judith Jones, cookbook editor who brought Julia Child and others to the table, dies at 93". The Washington Post. Retrieved August 2, 2017.
^Tabachnick, Toby (2009). "The editor who didn't pass on Anne Frank; Jones recalls famous diary". The Jewish Chronicle. Archived from the original on April 26, 2016. Retrieved April 2, 2016 – via Firefox.
^Raising Steaks, Christine Muhlke, NY Times September 24, 2009
^"A Century of Alfred A. Knopf". PublishersWeekly.com. Archived from the original on 2015-09-25. Retrieved 2016-04-02.
^Swanson, Clare (15 May 2015). "A Century of Alfred A. Knopf". Publishers Weekly. Archived from the original on 25 September 2015. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
^Severson, Kim (2017-08-02). "Remembering Judith Jones and Her Recipe for Food Writing". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-11-24.
^McFadden, Robert D. (2 August 2017). "Judith Jones, Editor of Literature and Culinary Delight, Dies at 93". New York Times. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
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