Kessler, Julia Braun

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KESSLER, Julia Braun

KESSLER, Julia Braun. Also writes as Julia Barrett. American, b. 1926. Genres: Novels, Romance/Historical, Young adult fiction, Gerontology/Senior issues, Ghost Writer. Career: Encyclopedia Americana, NYC, research editor, 1949-50; University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, editor at Institute for Social Research, 1951-54; Seventeen, NYC, features editor, 1954-57; University of California, Los Angeles, adjunct associate professor of humanities, 1964-69; University of Southern California, Los Angeles, editorial consultant at Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology Center, 1971-74; freelance writer, editor, and ghost writer, 1974-. Publications: Getting Even with Getting Old, 1980. AS JULIA BARRETT: (with G. Donnelly) Presumption: An Entertainment, 1993; The Third Sister: A Continuation of Jane Austen's "Sense and Sensibility," 1996; Charlotte: A Completion of Jane Austen's Last Work, 2000. Contributor of articles to magazines and newspapers. Address: 218 16th St, Santa Monica, CA 90402-2216, U.S.A. Online address: [email protected]

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