Julie Powell was an American author. She came to public fame after her 2005 book Julie & Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen was published. A film adaptation based on her book called Julie & Julia was released in 2009. Her second book, Cleaving: a Story of Marriage, Meat, and Obsession, was published in 2009. Sadly, she dies at 49 on 26th October 2022.
Julie Powell Known For
- Julie Powell was an author from the USA.
- She was known for her books – “Julie & Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen” & “Cleaving: a Story of Marriage, Meat, and Obsession”.
Author, Julie Powell Dies At 49
Julie Powell died of cardiac arrest (death cause) at her home in Olivebridge, New York, on October 26, 2022, at age 49. A day before her death, she made a post on her verified social media handle suggesting that she knew she was going to die. The post that she made reads – “So I woke up with something that’s literally Black Hairy Tongue. People, including my doctor, seem to think it’s no big deal and will go away soon, but it certainly is gross.”
Where was Julie Powell From?
Julie Powell was born on 20th April 1973. She was from Austin, Texas, the USA. She held American nationality and her ethnicity was American-White. For the last time, she celebrated her 49th birthday in 2022. Taurus was her horoscope sign and she followed Christianity religion. She was the daughter of John Landrum (father) and Kay Elaine (née Carradine) Foster (mother). She grew up with her sibling, a brother, Jordan Foster in Austin, Texas.
About her education, she graduated from Amherst College in 1995 with a double major in theater and creative writing.
How was the Career of Julie Powell?
- In 2002, Powell began the Julie/Julia Project while she was working for the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation. Julie/Julia Project is a blog on Salon chronicling her attempt to cook all the recipes in Julia Child’s Mastering the Art of French Cooking.
- After the project got huge fame, she signed a book deal with Little, Brown, and Company.
- Her book “Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen” was published in 2005. The book got mixed reviews.
- The paperback edition was retitled “Julie and Julia: My Year of Cooking Dangerously”.
- Later, the film “Julie & Julia” directed by Nora Ephron was released on August 7, 2009, and was based on both Julie Powell’s book and Julia Child’s autobiography “My Life in France.”
- She then published her second book “Cleaving: a Story of Marriage, Meat, and Obsession” in 30th November 2009. It describes her experiences learning to butcher at Fleisher’s butcher shop in Kingston, New York, and the effects of affairs by both her and her husband on their marriage.
- In 2022, she started writing a series of commentary pieces for Salon about “The Julia Child Challenge”, a Food Network reality television show in which Powell was not involved.
Who was Julie Powell married to?
Julie Powell was a married woman. She tied the knot to her husband, Eric Powell. Eric was an editor for the magazine Archaeology, in 1998. Prior to the demise of Julie, the duo was enjoying their life a lot. There are no details about their children right now. Her sexual orientation was straight.
How Rich was Julie Powell?
Julie Powell was an author by profession who had made a cool fortune from her career. Her net worth is estimated to have $5 Million at the time of her death. Her main source of wealth was from her book career. She was making her salary in thousands of dollars. She lived a standard lifestyle till her death.
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