Nora Ephron

Best known for writing books such as Heartburn and Crazy Salad and for the movies When Harry Met Sally, Sleepless in Seattle and most recently Julie & Julia. Ephron, who has been a director, screenwriter and producer, is considered one of most influential women in Hollywood and one of the literary world’s key authors. Heartburn, starring Meryl Streep and Jack Nicholson, chronicled her own dissolving marriage with journalist Carl Bernstein and was based on the novel of the same name. Ephron had two sons, Jacob and Max Bernstein.