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Bibliography
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(2008)
Lulu in Marrakech
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(2005)
Into A Paris Quartier
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(2003)
L'Affaire
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(2000)
Le Mariage
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(1993)
Natural Opium: Some Travelers' Tales
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- Legal name: Diane Johnson
- Birthdate: April 28, 1934 (age 78)
- Birthplace: Illinois, Moline, USA
- Nationality: American
- Gender: Female
- Official Website: http://www.ldianejohnson.com/
- Genres: Her novels often contain American heroines living abroad in contemporary France.
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Diane Johnson (born April 28, 1934) is an American-born novelist and essayist whose satirical novels often contain American heroines living abroad in contemporary France.
Born in Moline, Illinois, Johnson's recent books include Lulu in Marrakech (2008), L'Affaire (2004), Le Mariage (2000), and Le Divorce (1997) for which she was a National Book Award finalist and the winner of the California Book Awards gold medal for fiction.
She has been a frequent contributor to The New York Review of Books since the mid 1970s. With filmmaker Stanley Kubrick, Johnson co-authored the screenplay to The Shining (1980) based on the horror novel of the same name written by Stephen King.
In 2003, a movie version of her comedy of manners novel Le Divorce was released, directed by James Ivory and starring Kate Hudson and Naomi Watts.
Johnson currently divides her time between homes in Paris and San Francisco.
Born in Moline, Illinois, Johnson's recent books include Lulu in Marrakech (2008), L'Affaire (2004), Le Mariage (2000), and Le Divorce (1997) for which she was a National Book Award finalist and the winner of the California Book Awards gold medal for fiction.
She has been a frequent contributor to The New York Review of Books since the mid 1970s. With filmmaker Stanley Kubrick, Johnson co-authored the screenplay to The Shining (1980) based on the horror novel of the same name written by Stephen King.
In 2003, a movie version of her comedy of manners novel Le Divorce was released, directed by James Ivory and starring Kate Hudson and Naomi Watts.
Johnson currently divides her time between homes in Paris and San Francisco.
