Delia Ephron ( ; born July 12, 1944) is an American bestselling author, screenwriter, and playwright.

Life and career

Ephron was born in New York City, the second eldest of four daughters of screenwriters Phoebe and

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. Her movies include ''

You've Got Mail ''You've Got Mail'' is a 1998 American romantic comedy film directed by Nora Ephron and starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan. Inspired by the 1937 Hungarian play '' Parfumerie'' by Miklós László (which had earlier been adapted in 1940 as ''The S ...

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The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants ''The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants'' is a series of five bestselling young adult novels by Ann Brashares: '' The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2001),'' ''The Second Summer of the Sisterhood (2003),'' '' Girls in Pants'' (2005), '' Fore ...

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Hanging Up ''Hanging Up'' is a 2000 American comedy-drama film about a trio of sisters bonding over their curmudgeonly father with whom none of them were close. It was directed by Diane Keaton, and stars Keaton, Meg Ryan, Lisa Kudrow and Walter Matthau in ...

'' (based on her novel), and ''

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''. 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

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. Her journalism has appeared in ''

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''. In 2011, she won an Athena Film Festival award for creativity and panache as a screenwriter. Ephron collaborated with her elder sister,

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, on ''

Love, Loss, and What I Wore ''Love, Loss, and What I Wore'' is a play written by Nora and Delia Ephron based on the 1995 book of the same name by Ilene Beckerman. It is organized as a series of monologues and uses a rotating cast of five principal women. The subject matter ...

'', 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.

Filmography

Screenplays

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How to Eat Like a Child ''How to Eat Like a Child – And Other Lessons in Not Being a Grown-up'' is an original musical comedy television special that aired on NBC on September 22, 1981. Based on Delia Ephron's best-selling book of the same name, and adapted for telev ...

'' (TV special, 1981) *'' Brenda Starr'' (1989) – as by "Jenny Wolkind" *'' This Is My Life'' (1992) *''

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Producer

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Sleepless in Seattle ''Sleepless in Seattle'' is a 1993 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Nora Ephron, from a screenplay she wrote with David S. Ward and Jeff Arch. Starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan, the film follows a journalist (Ryan) who, despite be ...

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Books

* (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

External links

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Hey! You Stole My Name!
by Delia Ephron, in ''

'' (March 10, 2012)
Delia Ephron Writes Her Way Through Cancer to a Happy Ending
by Penelope Green, in ''

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