Sara B. Franklin

The Editor by Sara B. Franklin is a captivating biography chronicling the remarkable life and career of Judith Jones, a legendary book editor who played an integral role in shaping 20th-century literature and cuisine. This comprehensive work delves into the influential figures she collaborated with, the groundbreaking books she brought to life, and her enduring legacy in the world 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—finally gets her due in this “surprising, granular, luminous, and path-breaking biography” (Edward Hirsch, author of How to Read a Poem). At Doubleday’s Paris office in 1949, twenty-five-year-old Judith Jones spent most of...