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Diane Johnson (born Diane Lain, April 28, 1934), is an American novelist and essayist whose satirical novels often feature American heroines living in contemporary France. She was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for her novel Persian Nights in 1988.
Apr 24, 2024 · Diane Johnson (born April 28, 1934, Moline, Illinois, U.S.) American writer and academic who first garnered attention for worldly and satiric novels set in California that portrayed contemporary women in crisis.
Diane Johnson has 110 books on Goodreads with 51442 ratings. Diane Johnson’s most popular book is Le Divorce.
Diane Johnson. Sidelights. In an age when writers tend to be pigeonholed, Diane Johnson remains a difficult author to categorize. Perhaps best known as an essayist and biographer, she got her start as a novelist and continues to write successfully in this vein.
Diane Johnson is an American author, essayist and screenwriter best known for movie audiences as Stanley Kubrick's writing partner in Stephen King's adaptation of The Shining (1980), which became a horror classic over the years with plenty of memorable moments and unforgettable lines.
Diane Johnson is an American born novelist and essayist whose satirical novels often contain American heroines living abroad in contemporary France.
Diane Johnson is a writer whose works bridge the gap between literary and popular fiction. Born Diane Lain in Moline, Illinois, she lived in the same house throughout her childhood.
Apr 30, 1996 · Could "le divorce" be far behind? Can irrepressible Isabel keep her perspective (and her love life) intact as cultures and human passions collide? "Social comedy at its best" (Los Angeles Times Book Review), Le Divorce is Diane Johnson at her most scintillating and sublime.
Jun 24, 2021 · Diane Johnson Wishes More Authors Would Write About Friendship. Share full article. Rebecca Clarke. Published June 24, 2021 Updated June 28, 2021. “That’s a neglected, important part of life,”...
Jul 11, 2021 · At 87, Diane Johnson shows no signs of slowing down. She’s just published her 11 th novel, Lorna Mott Comes Home (Knopf, June 29), and if you’ve read Le Divorce, Le Mariage, and L’Affaire, you’ll have guessed that Lorna is leaving France to move back to California.
