Julia Strachey (August 14, 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.