Quote of the day
At each increase of knowledge, as well as on the contrivance of every new tool, human labour becomes abridged.
Diane Johnson

Born: April 28, 1934 (age 90)
Bio: Diane Johnson is an American novelist and essayist whose satirical novels often feature American heroines living abroad in contemporary France. She was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for her novel Persian Nights in 1988.
Known for:
- The Shining (1980)
- The Divorce (2003)
- The Shining Forwards and Backwards (2011)