Julie Powell: The Author of ‘Julie & Julia’ Died at the Age of 49

Julie Powell , a best-selling author who documented her attempts to make every dish in Julia Child’s “Mastering the Craft of French Cooking,” which later served as the basis for the film “Julie & Julia,” passed away on October 26 at her New York residence. She was 49.

The author of “Julie & Julia,” Julie Powell, died at the age of 49.

Her hubby, Eric Powell, confirmed her death to The New York Times, stating that heart arrest was the cause.

The 2009 Nora Ephron-directed film adaptation of Powell’s book starred Amy Adams as Powell and Meryl Streep as Julia Child.

The publisher of the well-known culinary writer has been contacting by CNN for comment.

Soon after 9/11, Powell started a blog on Salon.com where she detail her year-long quest to master all 524 of Child’s classic French cookbook’s recipes in her tiny Astoria, Queens kitchen. Powell was looking for a way to escape her mundane job as a temporary in downtown Manhattan.

After the blog attracted a devoted following eager to share in Powell’s achievements and tribulations as she attempted to prepare difficult meals including Boeuf Bourguignon and a defrosted duck for Canard en Croûte, the memoir “Julie & Julia: 365 Days, 524 Meals, 1 Tiny Flat Kitchen,” was creating. Powell wrote “Cleaving: a Story of Wedding, Meat, and Obsession,” his second best-selling book, in 2009 after the publication of the first.

She most recently writing a number of commentary pieces regarding the Food Network show “The Julia Child Challenge” when she was going to Salon early this year.

Powell “really forging her own lane,” according to Mary Elizabeth Williams, a senior writer for Salon who previously oversaw Open Salon, the website that housed Powell’s blog. We were fortunate enough to serve as the conduit. Powell’s passion for Julia Child’s food and way of life was at the heart of both his blog. Also the acclaims movie that was base on it.

I learned from Julia how to navigate the world. It’s not what I anticipated it to be,” Powell states. I didn’t know if it was confidence, will, or luck, but that’s what I feel it was all about. There is no doubt that each of those is an excellent thing to have. However, these creatures actually develop from something else. It’s delight.

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