JULIE GILBERT was born in New York City and was educated at Boston University. She is the author of four books, among them a biography of her great aunt, Edna Ferber, Edna Ferber and Her Circle and Opposite Attraction- The Lives of Erich Maria Remarque and Paulette Goddard, Gilbert is a member of The Dramatists Guild, The Writers Guild of America, East, The Authors Guild, Actors' Equity, and League of Professional Theater Women. She has taught Creative Writing at New York University's School of Continuing Education and currently heads The Writers Academy at The Kravis Center for the Performing Arts in West Palm Beach, Florida where she lives part time, as well as in New York City.
“A brilliant evocation of a remarkable woman and her achievements. One is left with the feeling—’Edna, thou shouldst be living (and writing) at this hour. We need you!’” —Barry Day, editor of The Letters of Noel Coward and author of Coward on Film “For much of the 20th century, Edna Ferber wrote novels in which resolute women gradually civilized lunk-headed men against the backdrop of changing times. Ferber’s earlier works, Show Boat and Cimarron, were just coming attractions for Giant. In Giant Love, Julie Gilbert writes the story of her grand-aunt’s novel, and especially of George Steven’s landmark movie adaptation, from the inside, with an intimate knowledge of family and the passion of a great narrative historian.” —Scott Eyman, author of Charlie Chaplin vs. America