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Daphne Joyce Maynard is an American novelist and journalist. She began her career in journalism in the 1970s, writing for several publications, most notably Seventeen magazine and The New York Times. Maynard contributed to Mademoiselle and Harrowsmith magazines in the 1980s while also beginning a career as a novelist with the publication of her first novel, Baby Love . Her second novel, To Die For , drew from the Pamela Smart murder case and was adapted into the 1995 film of the same name. Maynard received significant media attention in 1998 with the publication of her memoir At Home in the World, which deals with her affair with J. D. Salinger.

Maynard has published novels in a wide range of literary genres, including fiction, young adult fiction, and true crime. Her sixth novel, Labor Day , was adapted into the 2013 film of the same name, directed by Jason Reitman. Her most recent novels include The Good Daughters , After Her and Under the Influence . Wikipedia  

✵ 5. November 1953
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Famous Joyce Maynard Quotes

“It's not only children who grow. Parents do too. As much as we watch to see what our children do with their lives, they are watching us to see what we do with ours. I can't tell my children to reach for the sun. All I can do is reach for it, myself.”

Joyce Maynard

“A person who deserves my loyalty receives it.”

Joyce Maynard

Source: Looking Back: A Chronicle of Growing Up Old in the Sixties

“The real drug, I came to believe, was love.”

Joyce Maynard book Labor Day

Source: Labor Day

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