Nora Ephron at the Movies

“Ilana Kaplan would make Nora Ephron proud with this smart, elegant, and entertaining journey through the filmmaker’s cinematic universe. I savored every page, and the Ephron fandom will too. I, for one, plan on displaying the book in my cozy living room for #MegRyanFall and the foreseeable future. It makes me want to buy school supplies. And toss on Ryan’s maroon sweater in When Harry Met Sally. To reference Frank Navasky: Thank you, Ilana, for writing a book I’ll cherish forever.” * Erin Carlson, author of I’ll Have What She’s Having and No Crying in Baseball *“Taking on the legacy of Nora Ephron—the woman, the myth, the legend—is no easy task, but Ilana has managed to do so gracefully by assessing Ephron’s lasting impact in all of its complicated beauty in this visually-stunning book. To see ourselves through Nora’s most famous works often reminds us of how human and flawed we actually are. And that’s a wonderful thing.” * Kristin Marguerite Doidge, author of Nora Ephron: A Biography and Woman on Top: Becoming Greta Gerwig (forthcoming) *A comprehensive guide to the queen of the modern rom-com (and so much more!), Nora Ephron at the Movies is both thought-provoking and a joy to read. Writing with affection, insight, and wit, Ilana Kaplan has crafted a beautiful tribute to Ephron’s remarkable life and work. * Scott Meslow, author of From Hollywood with Love: The Rise and Fall (And Rise Again) of the Romantic Comedy *“Ilana Kaplan is a true Nora Ephron scholar; her incisive critical mind and quick wit on the page make her an ideal match for her subject. Kaplan understands that what made Ephron’s work singular was her emphasis on verbal precision, and she has written a book that gets precisely to the heart of why Ephron’s oeuvre continues to charm, delight, and surprise us. This book is as sharp as a bouquet of pencils!” * Rachel Syme, writer for The New Yorker and author of Syme’s Letter Writer (forthcoming) and Magpie (forthcoming) *

Ilana Kaplan is a writer and culture editor. She has worked for publications including PEOPLE, Alternative Press, The Independent and PAPER. Her work has been published in the New York Times, New York magazine, the Los Angeles Times, Rolling Stone, NPR, GQ, Vanity Fair, Vogue, Pitchfork, Variety, and Billboard. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.