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This is one of the better biographies I've read lately. I knew Judith Jones was Julia Child's editor and was responsible for the success of Mastering the Art of French Cooking, and for later success as well. I didn't know that she rescued The Diary of Anne Frank from a slush pile as a junior editor at Doubleday and begged them to publish it in America. When she moved to Knopf, where she stayed for 45 years, she discovered Anne Tyler, Sylvia Plath and others. She edited most of John Updike's work, discovered more cookbook writers and made cookbooks a genre in itself. She was a gourmet cook herself. Her accomplishments in the business were legion.

I think it's safe to say that without great editors, you can't have great writers. She joined the ranks of Maxwell Perkins and William Maxwell as one of the best and most respected editors in her field. This is a very well researched and exceptionally well written biography that will be enjoyed by anyone interested in literature.