Nora Johnson
Nora Johnson was an American author.
Early life
Nora Johnson, daughter of filmmaker Nunnally Johnson and Marion Byrnes, was born in Hollywood, California in 1933....living in New York with her mother but spending considerable time with her father and stepmother in Hollywood...
She was educated at the Brearley School, Abbot Academy, and Smith College, from which she graduated in 1954. Her half-sister was the film editor Marjorie Fowler.
Writings
Her first novel, , inspired by her experiences at the Brearley School, was published in 1956, and was made into a motion picture starring Peter Sellers in 1964. Her influential article Sex and the College Girl, was published in the November 1957 issue of The Atlantic Monthly, discussing attitudes towards sex on American campuses.Johnson's other works include:
- A Step Beyond Innocence
- Loveletter in the Dead-Letter Office Pat Loud: a woman's story, Loud, Pat, 1926-2021; Johnson, Nora, joint authors
- Flashback: Nora Johnson on Nunnally Johnson
- You Can Go Home Again: An Intimate Journey
- The Two of Us
- Tender Offer
- Uncharted Places
- Perfect Together.Coast to Coast: A Family Romance''