Julie Gilbert
Julie Gilbert is an American writer.
Life
Gilbert was born in New York City. Her father, Henry Goldsmith, was a publisher, and her mother, Janet Fox, was an actress. Her great aunt was Edna Ferber.She attended Boston University and worked as a professional actress, writer and teacher. She leads a Writers' Academy in Palm Beach.
She has written biographies, novels and plays, including Umbrella Steps and Ferber: The Biography of Edna Ferber and Her Circle, which was nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award. She received a Pulitzer Prize nomination for Opposite Attraction: The Lives of Erich Maria Remarque and Paulette Goddard.
Her papers are held at New York University.