04074cam a2200529 i 4500 23550577 BJBSDDR 20251106141414.0 ta 240204s2025 nyu b 001 0beng 2023057173 9781982134372 (paperback) 1982134372 (paperback) 9781982134389 (ebook) 23550577 DLC eng rda DLC DLC eng pcc n-us--- PN 149.9 F834e 2025 070.5092 Franklin, Sara B. 45479 The editor : how publishing legend Judith Jones shaped culture in America / Sara B. Franklin. First Atria paperback edition. New York : Atria Books, 2025. xviii, 316 pages ; 21 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. "An intimate biography of legendary editor Judith Jones, the woman behind some of the most important authors of the 20th century-including Julia Child, Anne Frank, Edna Lewis, John Updike, and Sylvia Plath"-- Provided by publisher. "Legendary editor Judith Jones, the woman behind some of the most important authors of the 20th century-including Julia Child, Anne Frank, Edna Lewis, John Updike, and Sylvia Plath-finally gets her due in this intimate biography.When twenty-five-year-old Judith Jones began working as a secretary at Doubleday's newly opened Paris office in 1949, she was tasked with wading through manuscripts in the slush pile until one caught her eye. She read the book in one sitting, then begged her boss to consider publishing it. A year later, Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl became a bestseller. It was the start of a culture defining career in publishing. Over more than half a century as an editor at Knopf, Jones became a legend, nurturing future literary icons such as Sylvia Plath, Anne Tyler, and John Updike. At the forefront of the cookbook revolution, she published the who's who of food writing: Edna Lewis, M.F.K. Fisher, Claudia Roden, Madhur Jaffrey, James Beard, and, most famously, Julia Child. Jones celebrated the art and pleasures of cooking and culinary diversity, forever changing the way Americans think about food. Her work spanned the decades of America's most dramatic cultural change. From the end of World War II through the Cold War; from the civil rights movement to the fight for women's equality, Jones's work questioned convention, using books as a tool of quiet resistance. Now, her astonishing career is explored for the first time. Based on exclusive interviews, never-before-seen personal papers, and years of research, The Editor tells the riveting behind-the-scenes narrative of how stories are made, finally bringing to light the audacious life of one of our most influential tastemakers"-- Provided by publisher. Jones, Judith, 1924-2017 45814 Book editors United States Biography. Editores de libros Biografías Estados Unidos 2221 Women editors United States Biography. Mujeres editoras Estados Unidos Biografías 7556 Publishers and publishing United States History 20th century. Editores y publicaciones Estados Unidos Historia Siglo XX 29839 American literature 20th century History and criticism. Literatura estadounidense Historia y crítica Siglo XX 4061 Online version: Franklin, Sara B. Editor First hardcover edition. New York : Atria Books, 2024 9781982134389 (DLC) 2023057174 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg lcc BK 125615 125615 0 0 lcc 0 0 HU BJB BJB HU 2025-10-27 0 PN 149.9 F834e 2025 00000183721 2025-10-27 17:05:00 1 2025-10-27 BK