Nora Johnson
American novelist
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Nora Johnson (January 31, 1933 – October 5, 2017)[3] was an American author.
Nora Johnson | |
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| Born | January 31, 1933 Hollywood, California, United States |
| Died | October 5, 2017 (aged 84) Dallas, Texas, United States |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Smith College |
| Genre | Comedy |
| Subject | Attitudes towards sex |
| Notable works | The World of Henry Orient |
| Spouse |
Leonard Siwek
(m. 1955, divorced)Jack Milici
(m. 1964, divorced)George Johnston
(m. 2006; died 2011) |
| Children | Marion Siwek Paula Siwek Justin Milici Jonathan Milici |
| Relatives | Nunnally Johnson (father) Marion Byrnes (mother) Marjorie Fowler (sister) |
Early life
Nora Johnson, daughter of filmmaker Nunnally Johnson and Marion Byrnes,[4] was born in Hollywood, California in 1933.[5][3]
...living in New York with her mother but spending considerable time with her father and stepmother in Hollywood...[3]
She was educated at the Brearley School, Abbot Academy,[1] and Smith College,[1] from which she graduated in 1954.[1][6] Her half-sister was the film editor Marjorie Fowler.
Writings
Her first novel, The World of Henry Orient, inspired by her experiences at the Brearley School, was published in 1956,[5] and was made into a motion picture starring Peter Sellers in 1964. Her influential article Sex and the College Girl,[7] was published in the November 1959 issue of The Atlantic Monthly, discussing attitudes towards sex on American campuses.
Johnson's other works[8] include:
- A Step Beyond Innocence (Little, Brown, 1961)[9]
- Loveletter in the Dead-Letter Office (Delacorte, 1966)[10]
- Pat Loud: A Woman's Story (Bantam, 1974), Pat Loud, 1926-2021, and Nora Johnson, joint authors[11]
- Flashback: Nora Johnson on Nunnally Johnson (Doubleday, 1979)[12]
- You Can Go Home Again: An Intimate Journey (Doubleday, 1982)[13]
- The Two of Us (Simon & Schuster, 1984)[14]
- Tender Offer (Simon & Schuster, 1985)[15]
- Uncharted Places (Simon & Schuster, 1988)[16]
- Perfect Together (E. P. Dutton, 1991).[17]
- Coast to Coast: A Family Romance (Simon & Schuster, 2004)[18]
