Women have the feeling that since they didn’t make the rules, the rules have nothing to do with them.
Diane Johnson Quotes
But novels are never about what they are about; that is, there is always deeper, or more general, significance. The author may not be aware of this till she is pretty far along with it.
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| Birth: | 28th April, 1934 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Novelist |
About
Diane Johnson was born in Moline, Illinois, USA. She is an American novelist and essayist. She was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for her novel Persian Nights in 1988. Johnson's recent books include Lulu in Marrakech, L'Affaire, Le Mariage, and Le Divorce, for which she was a National Book Award finalist and the winner of the California Book Award gold medal for fiction.
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