Julia Strachey (August, 1901–1979) was an English writer, born in Allahabad, India, where her father, Oliver Strachey, the elder brother of Lytton Strachey, was a civil servant. Her mother, Ruby, was of Swiss-German origin. For most of Julia's life she lived in England, where she worked as a model at Poiret, as a photographer and as a publisher's reader, before she embarked upon a career in novel-writing. She is perhaps best remembered for her work Cheerful Weather for the Wedding, a book originally published by the Hogarth Press and recently reprinted by Persephone Books.Published works:- Cheerful Weather for the Wedding (1932), reprinted by Persephone Books in 2009- 'Fragments of a Diary' (1940) - 'Pioneer City' (1943)- The Man on the Pier (1951), reprinted by Penguin in 1978 under the title An Integrated Man- 'Animalia', published by the New Yorker under the title 'Can't you get me out of here?' (1959)- 'Complements of the season', short story published in Turnstile One, edited by V. S. Pritchett. Published by Turnstile Press. (1948)
Niece of Lytton Strachey.
