Delia Ephron

Delia Ephron

Delia G. Ephron (born July 12, 1944) is an American bestselling author, screenwriter, and playwright. She is the daughter of screenwriters Phoebe and Henry Ephron. Her movies include, You’ve Got Mail (starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan), The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Hanging Up (based on her novel), and Michael. She has written novels for adults (Hanging Up and the recent The Lion is In) and teenagers (Frannie in Pieces and The Girl with the Mermaid Hair), books of humor, (How to Eat Like a Child), and essays. Her journalism has appeared in The New York Times, O the Oprah Magazine, Vogue and MORE, The Wall Street Journal and The Huffington Post.

Ephron collaborated with her sister Nora Ephron on a play, Love, Loss, and What I Wore, which ran for over two and a half years Off Broadway, and has been performed in cities across the US as well as in cities around the world including Paris, Rio de Janeiro, Cape Town, Manila, and Sydney.