Julie Salamon is an award-winning author and journalist. She has been a reporter and film critic for the
Wall Street Journal and the
New York Times, and her work has appeared in the
New Yorker,
Vanity Fair,
Vogue, and
Harper's Bazaar, among other publications. Her books include
Wendy and the Lost Boys, a biography of playwright Wendy Wasserstein;
The Devil's Candy, a behind-the-scenes account of the 1980s box-office flop
Bonfire of the Vanities; and, with illustrator Jill Weber, the
New York Times bestseller
The Christmas Tree, as well as two middle-grade novels,
Mutt's Promise an
d Cat in the City. Salamon is also chair of the Bowery Residents' Committee, a community organization that provides support for individuals who are homeless and struggling with addiction or mental illness in New York City.
