American writer and film producer
Delia Ephron
Ephron in 2013
Born (1944-07-12 ) July 12, 1944 (age 80) Occupation(s) Novelist, screenwriter, producer Years active 1979–present Spouses Parent(s) Henry Ephron Phoebe Ephron Relatives
Delia Ephron ( EF -rən ;[ 4] born July 12, 1944) is an American writer and film producer.[ 5]
Life and career
Ephron was born in New York City, the second eldest of four daughters of screenwriters Phoebe and Henry Ephron . Her movies include You've Got Mail , The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants ,[ 6] Hanging Up (based on her novel), and Michael . She has written novels for adults (Hanging Up, The Lion Is In and the recent Siracusa ) and teenagers (Frannie in Pieces and The Girl with the Mermaid Hair ), books of humor (How to Eat Like a Child ), and essays. Her family is Jewish .[ 7]
Her journalism has appeared in The New York Times , Oprah Magazine , Vogue , More , The Wall Street Journal , and The Huffington Post . In 2011, she won an Athena Film Festival award for creativity and panache as a screenwriter.[ 8]
Ephron collaborated with her elder sister, Nora , on Love, Loss, and What I Wore , which ran for over two and a half years Off-Broadway . It has played in cities across the U.S., as well as in cities around the world, including Paris, Rio de Janeiro, Cape Town, Manila, and Sydney.[ 9] [ 10]
In Fall 2024, Ephron will make her Broadway debut as a playwright, with a stage adaptation of her autobiography, Left on Tenth , directed by Susan Stroman and starring Julianna Margulies and Peter Gallagher at the James Earl Jones Theatre. [ 11]
Filmography
Screenplays
Producer
Books
Ephron in New York, September 17, 2013, Barnes & Noble .
(with Lorraine Bodger, under name Delia Brock) The Adventurous Crocheter
My Life and Nobody Else's
Santa and Alex
How to Eat Like a Child (1979), illustrated by cartoonist Edward Koren
The Girl Who Changed the World
Teenage Romance: Or, How to Die of Embarrassment (1981)
Funny Sauce (1986)
Do I Have to Say Hello?: Aunt Delia's Manners Quiz for Kids/Grownups (1991)
Hanging Up (1995)
Big City Eyes (2000)
Frannie in Pieces (2007)
The Girl with the Mermaid Hair (2010)
The Lion Is In (2012)
Sister Mother Husband Dog: Etc (2013)
Siracusa (2016)
Left on Tenth: A Second Chance at Life (2022)
References
^ "Delia Ephron on surviving cancer and the defiance of falling in love in your 70s" . NPR.org .
^ "Delia Ephron on love, cancer, and a second chance" . CBS News .
^ Green, Penelope (9 April 2022). "Delia Ephron Writes Her Way Through Cancer to a Happy Ending" . The New York Times .
^ "Delia Ephron on the Closeness and Complexity of Sisterhood" . Fresh Air . NPR . December 9, 2013. Retrieved December 11, 2013 . Interview.
^ Foderaro, Lisa W. (July 4, 2010). "Jennifer Raab; Multitasking, With Time for the Roses" . The New York Times . p. 2. Retrieved May 6, 2012 .
^ Film review: Special . Visual Imagination Ltd. 2005. p. 397.
^ Glassman, Thea (12 September 2016). "Richard Cohen and Nora Ephron: The Real-Life Harry and Sally" . The Forward . The Forward Organization, Inc. Retrieved 28 May 2017 .
^ "February 9-12, 2017 New York City" . Athena Film Festival. Retrieved 2017-02-23 .
^ Gans, Andrew and Adam Hetrick (December 23, 2010). "Love, Loss, and What I Wore to Play Australia, France, Brazil, Mexico" . Playbill . Archived from the original on December 25, 2010. Retrieved August 16, 2022 .
^ "Love, Loss, and What I Wore" . Broadwayworld.com. Archived from the original on January 18, 2013. Retrieved August 16, 2022 .
^ Left on Tenth Official Site accessed 06/30/2024
^ Horn, John (August 2, 1991). "Troubled 'Starr' Trek for Brooke Shields film" . The News and Courier . Charleston, South Carolina. p. 3E. [permanent dead link ]
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