About Julie Powell
Julie Anne Powell (née Foster; April 20, 1973 – October 26, 2022) was an American author known for her 2005 book Julie & Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen which was based on her blog, the Julie/Julia Project. 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. == Early life and education == Powell was born April 20, 1973, to John Landrum and Kay Elaine (née Carradine) Foster. She had a brother named Jordan Foster. She was raised in Austin, Texas. She graduated from Amherst College in 1995 with a double major in theater and creative writing. == Career == === Julie & Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen === While working for the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation in August 2002, Powell began the Julie/Julia Project, a blog on Salon chronicling her attempt to cook all the recipes in Simone Beck, Louisette Bertholle and Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking. The blog quickly gained a large following, and Powell signed a book deal with Little, Brown and Company. The resulting book, Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen, was published in 2005.
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