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Julia Reed

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Bio

JULIA REED (1960-2020) was a contributing editor at Garden & Gun, where she wrote the magazine's "The High & the Low" column. Her books include But Mama Always Puts Vodka in Her Sangria; Ham Biscuits, Hostess Gowns, and Other Southern Specialties; and Queen of the Turtle Derby and Other Southern Phenomena. Reed divided her time between New Orleans and Greenville, Mississippi.

Julia Reed Books

We Want ALL the Ice Cream book cover

We Want ALL the Ice Cream

Debbie Nellis
Dispatches from the Gilded Age book cover

Dispatches from the Gilded Age

Julia Reed
South Toward Home book cover

South Toward Home

Julia Reed
Cornbread Nation 7 book cover

Cornbread Nation 7

Francis Lam
But Mama Always Put Vodka in Her Sangria! book cover

But Mama Always Put Vodka in Her Sangria!

Julia Reed
The House on First Street book cover

The House on First Street

Julia Reed
Ham Biscuits, Hostess Gowns, and Other Southern Specialties book cover

Ham Biscuits, Hostess Gowns, and Other Southern Specialties

Julia Reed
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