The famous Julie Powell 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.
Powell died of cardiac arrest on Oct. 26 at her home in upstate New York, The New York Times reported. Her death was confirmed by Judy Clain, Powell’s email and editor-in-chief of Little, Brown.
She was a brilliant writer and a daring, original person and she will not be forgotten, Clain said in a statement. We are sending our deepest condolences to all who knew and loved Julie, whether personally or through the deep connections she forged with readers of her memoirs.
In 2009, Powell released her second book, entitled Cleaving: A Story of Marriage, Meat, and Obsession, in which she revealed she had an affair.
It also delved into her pain of loving two men at once, her fondness for sadomasochism, and even a bout of self-punishing sex with a stranger. She began her affair in 2004 as she was putting the finishing touches on her first book.
By 2006, Powell had landed an apprenticeship at a butcher shop, and she explained in her book that her experience of slicing meat resulted in her eating less of it. As a result, she became an advocate for humanely raised and slaughtered animals for human consumption. Powell is survived by her husband, Eric.
