Joan Didion

Biography

Joan Didion was a pioneering American writer and journalist known for her reportage on Californian subcultures in the late 1960s. Her political writing often probed the subtext of rhetoric, tackling issues like foreign policy and Latin America's relations with the US. A classic work of American fiction is her novel "Play It As It Lays," published in 1970, which was included on Time magazine's list of the 100 best English-language novels.