Delia Ephron

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Delia Ephron
Born (1944-07-12) July 12, 1944
New York City, New York, U.S.
Occupation Novelist, screenwriter, producer
Years active 1979–present
Spouse(s) Jerome Kass
(May 21, 1982 – present)
Parents Henry Ephron
Phoebe Ephron
Relatives Nora Ephron (1941–2012)
Amy Ephron
Hallie Ephron

Delia Ephron (EHF-rihn;[1] born July 12, 1944) is an American bestselling author, screenwriter, and playwright.[2]

Life and career

Ephron was born in New York City, New York. She is the daughter of screenwriters Phoebe and Henry Ephron. Her movies include You've Got Mail (starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan), The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants,[3] Hanging Up (based on her novel), and Michael. She has written novels for adults (Hanging Up and the recent The Lion Is In) and teenagers (Frannie in Pieces and The Girl with the Mermaid Hair), books of humor, (How to Eat Like a Child), and essays. Her journalism has appeared in The New York Times, O the Oprah Magazine, Vogue and More, The Wall Street Journal, and The Huffington Post. In 2011, Ephron won an Athena Film Festival award for creativity and panache as a screenwriter.[4]

Ephron collaborated with her sister Nora Ephron on a play, Love, Loss, and What I Wore, which ran for over two and a half years Off Broadway, and has been performed in cities across the US as well as in cities around the world including Paris, Rio de Janeiro, Cape Town, Manila, and Sydney.

Filmography

Screenplays

Producer

Books

Ephron in New York, September 17, 2013, Barnes & Noble.
  • 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)

Opinions

Ephron dislikes the color blue, or more specifically the "Day-Glo cobalt blue that you see on banks", which she terms "bank blue". Of Citi Bikes, Ephron writes: "for chump change to a billionaire, Mr. [Michael] Bloomberg let Citibank alter the color palette of Manhattan. It has distorted every view."[6][7][8][9]

References

  1. ↑ "Delia Ephron on the Closeness and Complexity of Sisterhood". Fresh Air. NPR. 9 December 2013. Event occurs at 1:18–1:44. http://www.npr.org/2013/12/09/249723073/delia-ephron-on-the-closeness-and-complexity-of-sisterhood. Retrieved 11 December 2013. Interview.
  2. ↑ Foderaro, Lisa W. (4 July 2010). "Jennifer Raab; Multitasking, With Time for the Roses". The New York Times. p. 2. Retrieved 6 May 2012. 
  3. ↑ Film review: Special. Visual Imagination Ltd. 2005. p. 397. 
  4. ↑ The Athena Film Festival http://athenafilmfestival.com/
  5. ↑ Horn, John (2 August 1991). "Troubled `Starr' Trek for Brooke Shields film". The News and Courier (Charleston, South Carolina). p. 3E. 
  6. ↑ Ephron, Delia. "Color Me Blue". New York Times. Retrieved 2013-10-21. 
  7. ↑ Melinda Taub, "Delia Ephron says filmmakers will hate Citi Bikes", Metro, October 21, 2013.
  8. ↑ Christopher Robbins, "Rankled up in blue: Citi Bike's color is killing NYC's aesthetic", The Gothamist, October 21, 2013.
  9. ↑ Adam Martin, "Delia Ephron cannot stand how blue Citi Bikes are", New York, October 21, 2013.

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