- Born
- December 5, 1934
- Died
- December 23, 2021 (aged 87)
- Known as
- screenwriter, novelist, journalist, writer, essayist, editing staff
Joan Didion was an American writer and journalist. She is considered one of the pioneers of New Journalism, along with Gay Talese, Truman Capote, Norman Mailer, Hunter S. Thompson and Tom Wolfe.
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