Joan Didion, American novelist and essayist known for her lucid prose style and incisive depictions of social unrest and psychological fragmentation. Her notable books included the short novel Play It as It Lays and the memoir The Year of Magical Thinking. Learn more about Didion’s life and work.
NPR's coverage of Joan Didion, who died Thursday at age 87, dates back to 1977, where she described what she meant when she wrote "writers are
NPR s talks with Didion date back to 1977, where the author described what she meant when she wrote "writers are always selling somebody out" in the introduction of