Judith Jones

Judith Jones
Jones at the Library of Congress in 2007
Born	Judith Bailey (1924-03-10)March 10, 1924 New York City, New York, U.S.
Died	August 2, 2017(2017-08-02) (aged 93) Walden, Vermont, U.S.
Occupation	Writer, editor
Citizenship	American
Education	Brearley School
Alma mater	Bennington College
Spouse	Evan Jones ​ ​ (m. 1951; died 1996)​

Judith Jones (née Bailey; March 10, 1924 – August 2, 2017)^[1] was an American writer and proofreader. She was best known for having rescued The Diary of Anne Frank from the reject pile.^[2] Jones also helped publish Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking.^[3][4]

Jones retired as senior editor and vice president at Alfred A. Knopf in 2011.^[5] Jones was also a cookbook author and memoirist. She won multiple lifetime achievement awards, including the James Beard Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award in 2006.

References

1. Yonan, Joe (August 2, 2017). "Judith Jones, cookbook editor who brought Julia Child and others to the table, dies at 93". The Washington Post. Retrieved August 2, 2017.
2. Tabachnick, Toby (2009). "The editor who didn't pass on Anne Frank; Jones recalls famous diary". The Jewish Chronicle. Archived from the original on August 2, 2017. Retrieved April 2, 2016 – via Firefox.
3. Raising Steaks, Christine Muhlke, NY Times September 24, 2009
4. "A Century of Alfred A. Knopf". PublishersWeekly.com. Archived from the original on 2015-09-25. Retrieved 2016-04-02.
5. Swanson, Clare (15 May 2015). "A Century of Alfred A. Knopf". Publisher's Weekly. Archived from the original on 25 September 2015. Retrieved 24 September 2015.

Other websites

• Judith Jones' Blog Archived 2009-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
• "Judith Jones reads from Tenth Muse" on NPR, January 8, 2008
• Lecture Review: "Knopf editor Judith Jones charms audience", Tuesday, April 7, 2009, by Bob Hoover, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette