Nora Johnson

Nora Johnson (January 31, 1933 – October 5, 2017)^[3] was an American author.

Nora Johnson
Born	(1933-01-31)January 31, 1933 Hollywood, California, United States
Died	October 5, 2017(2017-10-05) (aged 84) Dallas, Texas, United States
Occupation	Novelist
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Smith College
Genre	Comedy
Subject	Attitudes towards sex
Notable works	The World of Henry Orient
Spouse	Leonard Siwek ​ ​ (m. 1955, divorced)​ [1] Jack Milici ​ ​ (m. 1964, divorced)​ [2] George Johnston ​ ​ (m. 2006; died 2011)​
Children	Marion Siwek Paula Siwek Justin Milici Jonathan Milici
Relatives	Nunnally Johnson (father) Marion Byrnes (mother) Marjorie Fowler (sister)

Early life

Nora Johnson, daughter of filmmaker Nunnally Johnson and Marion Byrnes, was born in Hollywood, California in 1933.^[4][3] She was educated at the Brearley School, Abbot Academy, and Smith College, from which she graduated in 1954.^[5] Her sister was the film editor Marjorie Fowler.

Writings

Her first novel, The World of Henry Orient [Wikidata], inspired by her experiences at the Brearley School, was published in 1956,^[4] 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 (Little, Brown, 1961); Loveletter in the Dead-Letter Office (Delacorte, 1966); Flashback: Nora Johnson on Nunnally Johnson (Doubleday, 1979); You Can Go Home Again: An Intimate Journey (Doubleday, 1982); The Two of Us (Simon & Schuster, 1984); Tender Offer (Simon & Schuster, 1985); Uncharted Places (Simon & Schuster, 1988); Perfect Together (E. P. Dutton, 1991).^[6]

Death

Johnson died on October 5, 2017, in Dallas, Texas; cause of death was not specified.^[3]