Nora Ephron
Nora Ephron (1941-2012) was educated at Wellesley College, Massachusetts. She was an acclaimed essayist (Crazy Salad, 1975), novelist (Heartburn, 1983), and had written screenplays for several popular... Read more
Nora Ephron (1941-2012) was educated at Wellesley College, Massachusetts. She was an acclaimed essayist (Crazy Salad, 1975), novelist (Heartburn, 1983), and had written screenplays for several popular films, all featuring strong female characters, such as anti-nuclear activist Karen Silkwood (Silkwood, 1983, co-written with Alice Arlen) and a mobster's feisty independent daughter Cookie Voltecki (Cookie, 1989, also co-written with Arlen). Ephron's hard-headed sensibilities helped make Rob Reiner's When Harry Met Sally... (1989) a clear-eyed view of modern romance, and she earned an Oscar nomination for her original screenplay.