Diane Lain Johnson

Background

Johnson, Diane Lain was born on April 28, 1934 in Moline, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Dolph Lain and Frances Eloise (Elder) Lain.

Education

Associate of Arts, Stephens College, 1953. Bachelor, University Utah, 1957. Master of Arts, Doctor of Philosophy, University of California at Los Angeles, 1968.

Career

She was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for her novel Persian Nights in 1988. Her memoir Flyover Lives was released in January 2014. 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 by Stephen King.

In 2003, Le Divorce, a film adaptation of her comedy of manners novel of the same name, was released. lieutenant was directed by James Ivory and starred Kate Hudson and Naomi Watts.

Johnson currently divides her time between homes in Paris and San Francisco.

Achievements

• Diane Lain Johnson has been listed as a noteworthy Novelist, critic by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Lulu in Marrakech

    (The two-time Pulitzer Prize and three-time National Book ...)

  • Persian Nights (William Abrahams Book)

    (Chloe Fowler is the most unliberated woman she knows: dis...)

  • Lying Low (William Abrahams Book)

    (A National Book Award finalist, this novel relates the ev...)

  • Lying Low

    (A National Book Award finalist, this novel relates the ev...)

  • Natural Opium: Some Travelers' Tales

    (The author of Health and Happiness discusses why humans t...)

  • The Shadow Knows (William Abrahams Book)

    (The anonymous heroine, N, is a young woman who has broken...)

  • The Shadow Knows

    (The anonymous heroine, N, is a young woman who has broken...)

  • Into a Paris Quartier: Reine Margot's Chapel and Other Haunts of St.-Germain (National Geographic Directions)

    (As a child, Diane Johnson was entranced by The Three Musk...)

  • Into a Paris Quartier

    (Looks at the history of the Paris neighborhood of St.-Ger...)

  • Dashiell Hammett: A Life

    (Dashiell Hammett: A Life, by Johnson, Diane)

  • Lying Low (William Abrahams Book) Paperback April 1, 1998

    (Noticeable wear to cover and pages. May have some marking...)

  • Natural Opium: Travelling Tales

    (white with blue softcover)

  • True History of the First Mrs.Meredith and Other Lesser Lives by Diane Johnson (1973-06-03)

    (Will be shipped from US. Brand new copy.)

  • Lulu In Marrakech Library Edition
  • Le Divorce (William Abrahams Book)
  • The Life of Dashiell Hammett
  • Loving hands at home
  • The Shadow Knows (William Abrahams Book) by Diane Johnson (1998-03-01)
  • Lying Low Signed 1ST Edition
  • The Shadow Knows (William Abrahams Book) by Johnson, Diane (March 1, 1998) Paperback
  • Dashiell Hammett: A Life by Diane Johnson (1983-10-01)
  • Into a Paris Quartier: Reine Margot's Chapel and Other Haunts of St.-Germain INTO A PARIS QUARTIER: REINE MARGOT'S CHAPEL AND OTHER HAUNTS OF ST.-GERMAIN By Johnson, Diane ( Author )Nov-21-2006 Paperback
  • Lying Low (Mass Market Paperback)
  • Diane Johnson, 4-Book Collection: L'Affaire / Le Mariage / Le Divorce / Persian Nights
  • Le Mariage
  • Diane Johnson Reads from Lying Low
  • Natural Opium
  • TERRORISTS & NOVELISTS
  • Loving Hands at Home
  • True History of the First Mrs.Meredith and Other Lesser Lives

Membership

Member Modern Language Association, Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association. F C.

Connections

Married John Frederic Murray, November 9, 1969. Children: Kevin, Darcy, Amanda, Simon Johnson.

Father:

Dolph Lain Lain

Mother:

Frances Eloise (Elder) Lain

Spouse:

John Frederic Murray

child:

Amanda Johnson

child:

Simon Johnson

child:

Kevin Johnson

child:

Darcy Johnson