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Biographies include Bob Spitz, Dearie: The Remarkable Life of Julia Child (2012); Laura Shapiro, Julia Child (2007); and Noël Riley Fitch, Appetite for Life: The Biography of Julia Child (1997, reissued 2012). Jennet Conant, A Covert Affair: Julia Child and Paul Child in the OSS (2011), details her early work for the Office of Strategic Services. Joan Reardon (ed.), As Always, Julia: The Letters of Julia Child and Avis DeVoto: Food, Friendship, and the Making of a Masterpiece (2010), is a selection of letters between Child and the woman who helped place Mastering the Art of French Cooking with an American publisher. Nancy Verde Barr, Backstage with Julia: My Years with Julia Child (2007); and Dana Polan, Julia Child’s The French Chef (2007), consider Child’s groundbreaking television work.
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modified link of Web site: NPR - Julia Child introduced Americans to French cuisine. | Sep 16, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Aug 11, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Aug 09, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Central Intelligence Agency - Julia Child: Cooking Up Spy Ops for OSS. | May 02, 2026 | ||
| Added headlevels. | Feb 11, 2026 | ||
| Top questions and media added. | Feb 11, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Fresh Air Archive - Julia Child. | Jan 24, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: NPR - Julia Child introduced Americans to French cuisine. | Jul 12, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: CBS News - Julia Child's Legacy Lives On. | May 16, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: ABC listen - How celebrity chef Julia Child changed America. | Mar 17, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Independent - The �magic� of Julia Child: How she mastered French cooking and inspired America to love it too. | Oct 25, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Women�s Hall of Fame - Julia Child. | Apr 19, 2024 | ||
| Revised to clarify birthname, add detail about her OSS service. | Feb 23, 2024 | ||
| Correcting typographical error. | Feb 23, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Feb 22, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Women's History Museum - Julia Child. | Nov 29, 2022 | ||
| Added the documentary Julia. | Nov 19, 2021 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Apr 04, 2018 | ||
| Bibliography updated. | Nov 12, 2012 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Nov 12, 2012 | ||
| Added her autobiography, My Life in France (2006), and the 2009 film adaptation, Julie & Julia. | Aug 07, 2009 | ||
| Changed "and" to "&" in the movie title Julie & Julia. | Aug 07, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: World Culinary Institute - Biography of Julia Child. | Sep 05, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: Chef2Chef - Biography of Julia Child. | Sep 05, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: PBS - American Masters - Biography of Julia Child. | Sep 05, 2007 | ||
| Article revised. | Oct 13, 2004 | ||
| Article revised. | Dec 17, 1999 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Sep 15, 1999 |