Joan Didion was born in Sacramento, California, and now lives in New York City. She is the author of five novels and eight previous books of nonfiction. Her collected nonfiction, WE TELL OURSELVES STORIES IN ORDER TO LIVE, was published by Everyman's Library in 2006.

Books by Joan Didion

Blue Nights

by Joan Didion - Memoir, Nonfiction

In a bookend to THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING, her account of the aftermath of her husband’s sudden death, Joan Didion confronts the loss of her daughter, reflecting on the joys and pains of parenthood, the fragility of memory and the process of aging.

The Year of Magical Thinking

by Joan Didion - Memoir, Nonfiction

Where I Was From

by Joan Didion - Nonfiction